Geo Hahn
Yoda
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I had to replace the TR3A starter - the rubber drive thing was slipping. I bench tested the spare that I'd had on the shelf for years and it spun fine.
The install went well, I used a length of wire to hold to the top rear nut in place - that was great, was able to fully tighten it with that set-up:
Unfortunately, it seems that when I tightened down the brass nut holding the cable to the starter it created a dead short inside the starter body. Worse luck, when I tried to start it the short caused the contacts inside the solenoid to weld up and even though I immediately released the solenoid it stayed 'on'.
I always keep the battery ground post loose during such maneuvers but a lot happened in the time it took to grab it and pull it off:
That's the battery-solenoid cable. No other damage other than some melting of the battery case where that cable fell against it.
That & the fact that I am typing all this with one hand while the other hand holds a bag of ice.
The install went well, I used a length of wire to hold to the top rear nut in place - that was great, was able to fully tighten it with that set-up:
Unfortunately, it seems that when I tightened down the brass nut holding the cable to the starter it created a dead short inside the starter body. Worse luck, when I tried to start it the short caused the contacts inside the solenoid to weld up and even though I immediately released the solenoid it stayed 'on'.
I always keep the battery ground post loose during such maneuvers but a lot happened in the time it took to grab it and pull it off:
That's the battery-solenoid cable. No other damage other than some melting of the battery case where that cable fell against it.
That & the fact that I am typing all this with one hand while the other hand holds a bag of ice.