Hammer
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Moved the 818 around yesterday.
Second time I started it, I heard an odd noise, but it wasn't too loud, so I thought it was the tach cable making some noise (cable doesn't engage correctly).
But when I turned the motor off, the starter kept cranking! I flipped the switches a few times with no change.
I hopped out and ran to the battery box. I had the cable on there tight. But I grabbed the cables and started yanking on them enough to loosen the nuts holding them onto the terminals. Loosened the nut, and had a shower of sparks as I finally yanked the positive cable loose.
Starter obviously stopped, and would arc heavily if I put the cable back.
My question.
Is there anything else in the system that would cause the starter to stick ON other then the solenoid itself?
Second time I started it, I heard an odd noise, but it wasn't too loud, so I thought it was the tach cable making some noise (cable doesn't engage correctly).
But when I turned the motor off, the starter kept cranking! I flipped the switches a few times with no change.
I hopped out and ran to the battery box. I had the cable on there tight. But I grabbed the cables and started yanking on them enough to loosen the nuts holding them onto the terminals. Loosened the nut, and had a shower of sparks as I finally yanked the positive cable loose.
Starter obviously stopped, and would arc heavily if I put the cable back.
My question.
Is there anything else in the system that would cause the starter to stick ON other then the solenoid itself?