Got the new starter and boy, what a difference! The thing weighs almost twice what the busted one does. All metal housing. Here is what it looks like:
Also finished cleaning up the apparently hastily done repair on the wires in and out of the control box. This is what it DID look like. Re-routed several of the wires and now I can close the front-panel on the control box.I used heat-shrink, crimp, butt-connectors (didn’t know they made those) to get “weather resistant” connections. Looks SO MUCH BETTER. Guess I should take a picture of the new look.
Also finished cleaning up the apparently hastily done repair on the wires in and out of the control box. This is what it DID look like. Re-routed several of the wires and now I can close the front-panel on the control box.I used heat-shrink, crimp, butt-connectors (didn’t know they made those) to get “weather resistant” connections. Looks SO MUCH BETTER. Guess I should take a picture of the new look.
She still doesn’t start but she does spin with “authority”. Got some engine starter, am going to give that a squirt and see if I can’t get it to kick over. If not, next step I guess is check fuel flow? 