314-8

[Wendell 1]

Purchased a 314-8 a week ago not every time, but a lot of the time it will reach a point where it will act like it is coming up on compression a does not want to turn over. If I continue to hit the starter it will eventually turn over and start. I pulled the battery out of my 312-8 so I know that it is good. Cleaned my connections, and finally wired direct from the battery to the starter with the same results. Any advice ? Thanks

[ri702bill 8,328]

I had the same thing happen on my C81. I removed and disassembled the starter - there was quite a bit of carbon material from the worn brushes on the armature. That material was bridging the contact areas - cleaned and reassembled - it was fine.

There are some clips you need to make to compress the brush springs in the endcap - there are a couple of good postings with pictures in the Electrical section.

Bill

 

[grinchsr 627]

I am no expert but it sounds like the ACR has stopped working.

[953 nut 55,298]

You probably need to spend a bit more time on cleaning and tightening ALL electrical connections including grounds. Any corrosion at any point in the wiring will act as a big old resistor and drop the voltage.

Here is a step by step process for checking each component to isolate the problem. Please don't skip any steps.

 

Why won’t my starter turn over from the key switch?

Lets take a logical step by step inspection of your starter problem.

Is your PTO in the ON position, a wheel horse will not start with the PTO on.

Have you had the battery load tested at an auto parts store?

Have you cleaned and tightened all electrical connections including grounds?

Are all fuses good and fuse holders cleaned?

If these have all been done, we can check components of the starting system as follows; don’t skip a step or you may miss the problem.

Be sure the transmission is in neutral and the parking brake is set.

Take a pair of automotive jumper cables and connect the black cable to your battery  "-" and a good clean spot on the engine. Now connect the other cable to the large post on the starter and touch the other end to the battery "+" terminal, does the starter turn over? If the starter turns over the battery and starter are good. If it didn't turn over try the same steps with the battery in your car/truck, if that cures the problem then the "good" battery wasn't so good.

Presuming the starter turned over move the jumper wire from the starter post to the other end of the wire going to the starter which is one of the large posts on the solenoid. If the starter turns over when the battery is touched by the jumper as before then that cable is good, if not you have found your problem.

Presuming the starter turned over move that jumper to the other terminal of the solenoid, connect the other end to the battery and use a small piece of wire to temporarily connect the battery "+" terminal to the small terminal on the solenoid, this should cause the solenoid to close and the starter to turn over. If not, the solenoid is probably the problem.

If this was successful remove the large jumper cable and use the small jumper wire to the small terminal of the solenoid, the solenoid should close and the starter turn over. If not the cable to the battery is the problem.

Presuming all of these have been successful remove the black jumper wire and repeat the small jumper to small terminal, if the starter turns over the ground is good.

If all of these components test good then remove your ignition switch, be sure the transmission is in neutral, parking brake on, clutch depressed and PTO off. Use a small jumper to connect the terminals that were connected to the “B” and “S” terminals of the ignition switch. If the starter turns over then the PTO switch and other safety switches are operating properly and your ignition switch may be bad.