skolbe
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- Oct 3, 2006
- 3,549
- Boat Info
- 320 Sundancer, Zodiac 290 Wave Inflatable Tohatsu 6HP, Boston Whaler 130 Sport
- Engines
- 350 Mag V-Drive - Kohler 5ecd
Hey what happened to the pretty girls on the boat pics...
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Just few days out of extended warranty and my generator quits. I’ve done some troubleshooting and have preliminary conclusion. But, I was hoping to get some advice before I start spending money on parts.
The problem - is that the unit wont crank. It just makes the “click….click” sound, but nothing else.
Some facts and symptoms:
- all batteries are good
- the generator switch is on in the control panel
- The only part I’ve done different this morning is that I had started the generator from the start button right on the unit. I was changing the zink and needed to run some water through it to clean some old zink stuff. I cranked it couple of times without turning the START button in the control panel in the cabin. I didn’t plan to, but the generator started up on the 2nd or 3rd crank. So, I just let it run for a minute or so. Then, I shut it down by pressing the stop button on the unit.
- So, when it was time to heat up dinner while at anchor all I heard was click-click from the generator. The behavior is the same whether I use control on the unit or in the cabin.
Troubleshooting Steps:
- Got some tools out and started searching. The clicking sound comes from two places: 1-fuel valve and 2-solinoid for the starter.
- My first thought was that starter solenoid has an issue, so I had used screwdriver to force the connection. That made no difference.
- Got the light tester out and started following the power lines. Input from battery has power, but when I cranked the START switch the solenoid didn’t pass the power to the starter. I used the screwdriver again and it didn’t make the difference. This was very strange, so I decided to isolate and disconnect the wire going from solenoid to the starter, just to be sure. When I disconnected the wire form the starter I can see that the solenoid is passing the power to the wire that goes to the starter, but then I had found that the connecting point on the starter is giving me NEGATIVE (-) and makes the tester light go off when I put one end on the starter and the other on the solenoid output. Thus, my conclusion is that there’s some kind of short in my starter that makes PSITIVE (+) connecting point to produce NEGATIVE(-) instead.
So, before I go and order new starter can someone tell me if my conclusion is valid? Is there anything else I could do as a proof of concept?
Thanks,
Alex.
Any chance that your cylinders are full of water? You said you were flushing out the zinc material. Maybe your exhaust back siphoned and filled the cylinders?
Just a thought.
Alex
They probably hit it with a bat over there at MarMx.
Yo Trump what kind of knuckle head would put ice on a starter????
They would have charged Alex for the repair if they hit it with a bat.... :smt021
Yo Trump what kind of knuckle head would put ice on a starter????