{"id":2332,"date":"2020-03-26T17:54:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2020-03-26T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T01:56:06","slug":"starting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2020\/03\/26\/starting\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a very heavy package delivered to the house yesterday: a shiny remanufactured starter motor from AC Delco. The weekend forecast is for warm weather but showers and thunderstorms, so I probably won&#8217;t be able to take advantage of the time to put it in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2333\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg?resize=600%2C800\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_8790.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Top:<\/em> original crusty starter motor pulled in 2011. <em>Bottom:<\/em> sexxxxxy new reman unit. Y&#8217;know, I think I&#8217;m going to bust out the pressure washer and see if I can clean the old one up.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I&#8217;ve been thinking about are the points of failure and wondering what they might be. It&#8217;s been so long since we pulled the last unit, I don&#8217;t remember what the issue was\u2014if it was making the same noise, stopping intermittently, or something else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VRe_hKxzKUg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s the possibility that there are missing teeth on the flywheel, based on the sounds the engine is making when I turn the key. It could be that the solenoid isn&#8217;t working correctly, and getting stuck could be the reason I get a grinding sound. It could be that the contacts aren&#8217;t clean enough, which means there isn&#8217;t enough juice getting to the starter (the single biggest current draw on the whole truck). One other thought is that we didn&#8217;t get the bolts snugged tight enough in 2011 and they&#8217;ve come loose.<\/p>\n<p>Once the contacts are clean on both sides, and the new starter is in place, I should be able to walk through the rest of the symptoms and figure out what&#8217;s happening. And hopefully, there will be no more grinding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a very heavy package delivered to the house yesterday: a shiny remanufactured starter motor from AC Delco. The weekend forecast is for warm weather but showers and thunderstorms, so I probably won&#8217;t be able to take advantage of the time to put it in. Top: original crusty starter motor pulled in 2011. 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