Starter not engaging flywheel properly

[NormB]

IF it turns out to be the solenoid (they cook under the heat, delaminate, lose efficacy sometimes), oddly enough amazon dot com has them in stock.
NSN 5945012101299 SAT-4108UT Ametek/Prestolite. $39.95 prime. I poked around and saw them for sale for as much as $200 elsewhere. Weird.

Oh, and this might help too. From the Prestolite/Leece-Neville website. Troubleshooting heavy equipment electrical systems (charging, starting).

http://www.prestolite.com/literature/training/PP1127_TrainingManual_lores.pdf 2MB for your downloading and perusing pleasure.

That page also has a 12 MB high def version.

 

[JPMcCormick1]

I am having the same problem as kcobean, sometimes she starts fine and other times get that horrible grinding sound. I was wondering what he found out was the final problem and fix for it.