Can heat from the header heat up a starter to the point of failure?
My 13 month old starter isnt doing its job anymore, its spinning but its not spinning the motor.
Do I need to replace the entire starter or can I replace the solenoid? Anything I can do to prevent this in the future??
**my reply**notoptoy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 5:56 am For the work involved in the R&R of the starter, I would just go ahead and put in a gear reduction starter and be done with it. It’s a reasonable cost, and smaller. Yes, I believe the heat in that area contributes to a shorter life. Gear reduction starter is smaller so may allow more airflow and a longer life, just an assumption, not fact based.
I thought the one I had bought was a gear-reduction unit, but I was a complete newbie at the time. I'll have to ask Will to confirm this
Heres a video I took the other day when I nearly lost my mind...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/149500009 ... 640139502/
Im pretty frustrated by this whole situation as I thought this problem was solved, and now the R&R is going to be a nightmare and without really cranking out the work in my free time I will miss the Monterey Historics...
I just want to make sure that this will be the last time I deal with it, at least for a long time. Not a year