Instant O/O and Load boards

Wow! It happened again yesterday.

I pulled a hopper bottom over to Annapolis, MO. Pulled on the scale, backed into the loading area, pulled back onto the scale, drove back to the receiver, maneuvered into the unloading area, delivered the load, and absolutely nothing else happened and the truck and trailer still has everything attached to it and in the same condition it was when I left that morning.

Who knew?

lmao, j/k Rob

 

you wack the solinoid on top of the starter not the starter itself. And be carefull of the plastic cap on the end of it. Generally only do this if you get a big CLICK when you turn the key but no starter spinning. The windindgs in the solinoid get weak or burned out and dont energize enough to pull the starter gear into the flywheel which then engages the starter motor.

My shaker has the stupidest system i've ever seen. it has the solinoid on the starter but then another solinoid/relay on the firewall. that's what gave out on me last month. a wire corroded and broke off the terminal. I'd get a small click from that relay when i'd turn the key but no big click from the starter solinoid because that was the wire that was broken

 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_start_a_car_by_tapping_starter_with_screwdriver

 

Ford used a similar setup for decades. Advantage: being able to check out connections easily, disadvantage: seemed to go bad more often, but easy to change.

 

The starter and solenoid is like a telescope, the solenoid is on the side riding parallel facing front.

I bridged it, and it just spun but didn't turn the engine.

I did it again and got massive sparks, a small fire, and the end of my screwdriver chewed off.

Guess I'm calling a wrecker and hoping for an advance.

 

You need to jump a wire from the big batter cable to the small signal wire on the solinoid.

If it starts you got a prob between the key and starter. If it clicks and don't start its a bad solinoid. Usually can tap it till it starts.


You need the key on or truck will spin but not start

 

I called the place that put my starter in. They're sending a guy out with a new starter in hand to save on a wrecker bill.

Either way I should get going today I hope. I'm going to have to find some money.

 

If the just put one in it should be under warranty

Its their baby not yours. And they know it. If it was yours they would send a wrecker

 

Yes they did say they would warranty the part. It's the main reason I called them, they're not that close to me, maybe 32 miles away.

This was my first main shop that I really like. I just haven't been back there in a couple months because I found a couple closer places.

 

Al, its funny you should say that. You have no idea how many times I have been pull started and dragged all the way across the parking lot before I remembered and turned on the key. Of course, at that point I almost jump over top of the truck pulling me.