CUCV85beast
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I recently ordered a 24 volt starter online, slapped it in thinking my problems were over. (had to deal with a shop giving me 12 volt starters and saying they were 24 volt starters, they actually stated "all diesel starters are 24 volts", and soon after I confronted them with somewhat of an unfriendly nature they "looked it up" and found that a 24 volt military starter "did not exist", I showed them a site online that clearly showed that it DID exist...suddenly they COULD find it, but for 300 dollars... I just hassled them until I got my money back and ordered it myself for 100 bucks)
Anyway you can see why it was such a joy to finally have the right part for my truck.
But soon after installing, my starter stopped working. only a single click every time. I went to autozone and bought a 12 volt starter (knowing it work at least a few times) put it in and drove my truck the 30 miles home, took it out and returned it to get my money back.
The company I ordered the 24v from was actually local so I took it in intending to have it replaced, but they hooked it up to the tester and found that it worked just fine (I saw this with my own eyes). The guy there told me that 24 volt starters sometimes need an "extra ground" to work properly...something about resistance.
I'm planning on doing the doghead relay conversion in a couple of days and putting the starter back in...
Does anyone know how I would go about adding an extra ground to my starter? or if there is another reason this could be happening... I know its hooked up properly because all those 12 volt starters worked just fine until they died... any help is greatly appreciated
Anyway you can see why it was such a joy to finally have the right part for my truck.
But soon after installing, my starter stopped working. only a single click every time. I went to autozone and bought a 12 volt starter (knowing it work at least a few times) put it in and drove my truck the 30 miles home, took it out and returned it to get my money back.
The company I ordered the 24v from was actually local so I took it in intending to have it replaced, but they hooked it up to the tester and found that it worked just fine (I saw this with my own eyes). The guy there told me that 24 volt starters sometimes need an "extra ground" to work properly...something about resistance.
I'm planning on doing the doghead relay conversion in a couple of days and putting the starter back in...
Does anyone know how I would go about adding an extra ground to my starter? or if there is another reason this could be happening... I know its hooked up properly because all those 12 volt starters worked just fine until they died... any help is greatly appreciated