X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:56:19 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms173005pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTP id 6633057 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:16:56 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.173.5; envelope-from=Adam@ValidationPartners.com Received: from VpiWorkstation1 ([unknown] [69.124.233.79]) by vms173005.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0MXL00IT9GYJY370@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:16:01 -0600 (CST) From: "Adam Molny" X-Original-To: References: Subject: RE: [LML] Sky-Tec starter X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:16:28 -0500 X-Original-Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0279_01CEF588.85267310" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-reply-to: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Thread-index: Ac71qDRbQ2+cN4v5S2GTUIGX5PogLAACR4Aw This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0279_01CEF588.85267310 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I helped another Legacy owner troubleshoot a similar problem. The engine would turn one or two blades then stop and the contactor would start to chatter on and off. These are the classic symptoms of a weak battery, but he had just installed a new battery a few months before. I put a meter across the battery - the voltage would drop to 3V while cranking and wiring would heat up rapidly. It turned out that the starter was shorted internally. This was a stock full-size Continental starter but the lesson is clear - don't rule anything out and keep an open mind when troubleshooting! -Adam Molny _____ From: Mark Sletten [mailto:mwsletten@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2013 7:47 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Re: [LML] Sky-Tec starter Check all the electrical connections with an ohm meter too. --Mark ------=_NextPart_000_0279_01CEF588.85267310 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I helped another Legacy owner = troubleshoot a similar problem. The engine would turn one or two blades then stop and = the contactor would start to chatter on and off. These are the classic = symptoms of a weak battery, but he had just installed a new battery a few months = before. I put a meter across the battery – the voltage would drop to 3V = while cranking and wiring would heat up rapidly. It turned out that the = starter was shorted internally.

This was a stock full-size = Continental starter but the lesson is clear – don’t rule anything out = and keep an open mind when troubleshooting!

-Adam Molny

From: Mark = Sletten [mailto:mwsletten@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December = 09, 2013 7:47 AM
To: = lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: Re: [LML] = Sky-Tec starter

Check all the electrical connections with an ohm meter = too.

--Mark

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