> time turning over the engine, then flat out did nothing. I then noticed a
> small puff of smoke from the starter and then it was totally dead. The only
> thing I can attribute to this is one of the brush wires was slightly broken
> (possibly only 60% effective) and burned out.
*** Sure this could be the problem. When you stalled the starter, the
current through it rose to an enormous value. That broken wire was
probably the weak point. Hopefully, that's the problem, and not a
burned commutator. At any rate, you have to pull the starter.
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* Jerry Kaidor jerry@tr2.com, jkaidor@synoptics.com *
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