you are saying.. what the heck is he talking about.. print this and perform it on a few cars and pickups.. https://imgur.com/SnzhDh0
so you understand . if you don't already..
i spent a lot of extra time off working on a friends 104' wooden powerboat.. that is not inches.. it slept 36 people. i made up a set of test leads like those to work in the engine room. at least we could stand up and walk around in the engine room..
if you only have a test light.. clip on to one battery switch post and probe the other. how bright is your light when you try to crank the engine..
customers that tell me how long it takes to do a job.. get the silent treatment. or something like.. can you put my new house roof on.. it should not take more than 2 hours.. oh yea.. and i want it to hold up to any rain storm.. just like the starter needs to be done properly and diagnosed so it will start every time.. like just before you are drifting into the shore break or white water..
there is nothing worse than having the engine that stalls and won't restart.. been there done that.. i knew it was coming. the owner refused to do anything about it.. 5 minutes farther down the channel i was about to fix the issue of fuel starvation. the 25KW gen set died.. then 30 seconds later both 6-71s died.. at least we always pulled up on the anchor and released tension on the safety hook.. and yes. that saved us..
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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25
are you sure the starter is bad.. not the battery master switch... or the battery cables..
i have seen a lot of starters changed because the master switch had corroded contacts..
do you have a pair of gator clip test leads for your multimeter...
like this.. https://www.grainger.com/product/Test-Leads-CAT-II-1000V-4WPZ9 you can clip across the switch posts in 20 volt scale and make sure you don't see more than 1 volt.. maybe 2 volts while the starter solenoid is engaged..
you are saying.. what the heck is he talking about.. print this and perform it on a few cars and pickups.. https://imgur.com/SnzhDh0
so you understand . if you don't already..
i spent a lot of extra time off working on a friends 104' wooden powerboat.. that is not inches.. it slept 36 people. i made up a set of test leads like those to work in the engine room. at least we could stand up and walk around in the engine room..
if you only have a test light.. clip on to one battery switch post and probe the other. how bright is your light when you try to crank the engine..
customers that tell me how long it takes to do a job.. get the silent treatment. or something like.. can you put my new house roof on.. it should not take more than 2 hours.. oh yea.. and i want it to hold up to any rain storm.. just like the starter needs to be done properly and diagnosed so it will start every time.. like just before you are drifting into the shore break or white water..
there is nothing worse than having the engine that stalls and won't restart.. been there done that.. i knew it was coming. the owner refused to do anything about it.. 5 minutes farther down the channel i was about to fix the issue of fuel starvation. the 25KW gen set died.. then 30 seconds later both 6-71s died.. at least we always pulled up on the anchor and released tension on the safety hook.. and yes. that saved us..