Hello all. I posted a few days ago but figured I would include a little more info. Long story short I have an intermittent issue where my starter is spinning and not engaging the flywheel. Battery has tested good. Starter is good. Ring gear teeth are in good shape. I was able to get a break in the rain today and got the multimeter out and did some voltage drop readings. Here is what I found. Hopefully someone smarter than me can tell me what they mean lol
[FONT="]red to red battery post[/FONT]
[FONT="]Black to red terminal on starter[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and showed 2.3 milivolts[/FONT]
[FONT="]red on starter case[/FONT]
[FONT="]Black on black battery terminal[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and had 5.3 millivolts[/FONT]
[FONT="]black on s terminal of starter [/FONT]
[FONT="]Red to positive battery terminal[/FONT]
[FONT="]Read 12.71volts (not cranking)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and read 12.67 volts[/FONT]
[FONT="]from everything I have read the first 2 should have shown a zero drop or very minimal. I did clean connection today. Cleaned the ground where the starter relay is and I’ll be darned the thing fired right up. Was able to crank it 2 more times and then back to the spinning starter issue.[/FONT]
[FONT="]red to red battery post[/FONT]
[FONT="]Black to red terminal on starter[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and showed 2.3 milivolts[/FONT]
[FONT="]red on starter case[/FONT]
[FONT="]Black on black battery terminal[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and had 5.3 millivolts[/FONT]
[FONT="]black on s terminal of starter [/FONT]
[FONT="]Red to positive battery terminal[/FONT]
[FONT="]Read 12.71volts (not cranking)[/FONT]
[FONT="]Cranked engine and read 12.67 volts[/FONT]
[FONT="]from everything I have read the first 2 should have shown a zero drop or very minimal. I did clean connection today. Cleaned the ground where the starter relay is and I’ll be darned the thing fired right up. Was able to crank it 2 more times and then back to the spinning starter issue.[/FONT]
