Starter trouble...

[PNWEx]

Tried the ol screwdriver trick and notta. Took it off and bench tested it and its bogus. ROCKAUTO strikes again. They delivered the part a week after it was supposed to be here and it doesnt work. So ill have to calland return it

 

[410Fortune]

You telling us a brand new Bosch starter is bad out of the box? Something fishy

How did you bench test it?
You said you ordered the starter on the 18th that was a week ago how can it be a week late?

 

[PNWEx]

You telling us a brand new Bosch starter is bad out of the box? Something fishy

Yeah i guess it could be expected

 

[Josh P]

Yeah i guess it could be expected

Anything is possible. I'm also curious of the bench test process.

 

[PNWEx]

Anything is possible. I'm also curious of the bench test process.

Battery with jumper cables. Same as I tested the other one.

 

[Josh P]

Battery with jumper cables. Same as I tested the other one.

Not doubting, ive had a starter quit and of all things it was the cable that went from the battery to starter.

 

[410Fortune]

So you feed the body of the starter a ground and the large post of the starter a +
And then a small
Jumper from the +
Cable to the little terminal of the starter?

That round thing on your starter is a starter solenoid

 

[PNWEx]

For specifics i put the negative cable on the housing of the starter and the positive on the post not wired into the stater and jumped it with a screwdriver. It made the sae noise as it did in the vehicle.

 

[PNWEx]

So you feed the body of the starter a ground and the large post of the starter a +
And then a small
Jumper from the +
Cable to the little terminal of the starter?

That round thing on your starter is a starter solenoid

Exactly. I installed it first into my Explorer right out of the box. When i turned the key over the truck made a buzzing sound. I checked all fuses and relays. Everything looks good. No blown fuses. So i removed the starter and tested it. Made the same buzzing sound aut did in the the Explorer.

 

[PNWEx]

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! Got home from work today, decided to look at the bew starter again and noticed arc marks on the starter case. The hardwired metal wire had a metal gromet that was touching the stater case. Flipped the wire around and boom starter worked. However upon bench testing the same thing happened as my previous starter. The bendix soun but did not engage. I put it on the explorer and it fired right up. Makes me wonder if the remanned one didnt die but maybe had a poor connection? Im gonna let this one ride for now but plan on mng some connector changes if this happens again.

Thanks again for all the help.

 

[Josh P]

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! Got home from work today, decided to look at the bew starter again and noticed arc marks on the starter case. The hardwired metal wire had a metal gromet that was touching the stater case. Flipped the wire around and boom starter worked. However upon bench testing the same thing happened as my previous starter. The bendix soun but did not engage. I put it on the explorer and it fired right up. Makes me wonder if the remanned one didnt die but maybe had a poor connection? Im gonna let this one ride for now but plan on mng some connector changes if this happens again.

Thanks again for all the help.

Thanks for the update, glad you got it resolved.