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1. [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: tim <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 08:17:08 -0700 (MST); Once again, I'm asking the list for some advice on a problem with my '54 1/2 ton, since you guys (and gals) have been very helpful in the past. I ran into a bit of a problem starting the old girl thi; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00244.html (8,983 bytes)
2. Re: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:44:50 -0800; Hi Tim: I've got the same truck, and used to have a similar problem. Your thunk probably means 1) Poor connection between battery or starter. Current is not flowing between an otherwise ok battery an; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00249.html (11,293 bytes)
3. Re: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:16:44 -0600; I just experienced something similar; the starter let loose of one of it's leads on the armature & wedged itself in the clearance between the armature core & the magnets. Mine uses a pedal starter, s; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00251.html (10,284 bytes)
4. Re: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: Leapofath@aol.com; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:39:46 EST; Hey Grant, I emailed Tim and I had the exact problem he is faced with about 2 weeks ago and by golly it was the battery! Dead as a doornail AND the terminals were very corroded. Installed a new batte; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00253.html (7,872 bytes)
5. RE: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: "Hanlon, Bill" <Bill.Hanlon@COMPAQ.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:44:36 -0800; You missed a clue Grant. He said "... turn of the key yielded only ..." Sounds like he has a solenoid system, not a foot starter. If all of Grant's other very good troubleshooting suggestions do not; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00257.html (12,791 bytes)
6. RE: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: "ROGER GLEASON" <rogerg@maverick.facil.uconn.edu>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:12:24 -500; Before you buy a new solenoid... I've found another method...find another solenoid and remove a good bolt from it and install it in yours!!!! Just a trick another old mechanic (me) found by being re; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00258.html (9,258 bytes)
7. Re: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: "G. Simmons" <gls@4link.net>; Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:01:40 -0800; Thanks for the friendly jibe, Bill. Actually, I also assumed the system was 6 volt. You'd think that if someone had gone to the trouble of putting in a solenoid, they'd have made it a 12 volt system.; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00263.html (14,418 bytes)
8. Re: [oletrucks] "thunk" is rarely a good noise (score: 1): Author: tim <lloydt@Colorado.EDU>; Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 13:38:19 -0700 (MST); Thanks for all your help. Turns out it was just very very dirty battery terminals. FYI, "Peanut" has a key starter, and is 12V. Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org "War is an instrument entirely inefficient to; /html/oletrucks/1999-11/msg00293.html (8,618 bytes)

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