Recent Content by AlanBG

Well, it was the battery. The new Deka 1231PMF (1260/1125CCA) turned it over at 32 degrees F with no problem. Only now my 1st gen. has new solenoid contacts and plunger, and a new starter relay. This same battery cost me $88. 00 five years ago; today it cost me $148. 00. I am assuming there is a...

Greenleaf how do I load test the battery? Initially I checked the voltage on my Deka 1231PRF (1120CCA) and found 12. 5Volts. But the Deka is 5 years 2 months old. I am going to replace it in any case - just need to find a distributor in the DC metropolitan area. The guy I bought it from (R&R...

Thanks for the info on bench testing the starter. I hooked the postive cable to both the battery terminal connection and the solenoid connection, and grounded the case, which caused the bendix gear to shoot out and spin and do its thing. Before I reinstalled the starter, which I had now...

Hi, I installed new solenoid contacts and plunger, but still just hear a bunch of clicking when I try to start my truck. I would like to hook up a spare 12 volt battery to my starter (its back out of the truck) to see if it works. What do I need to do? I tried connecting the postive cable of a...

Thanks for the info. I didn't realize a straight 12 point socket would work on the spline bolts. I'm pretty sure I have a 10mm 12pt socket in the toolbox - somewhere- . I'm going to give it another try this weekend. I bought the starter rebuild kit from PDR but they have not shipped my order...

Hi, Trying to remove the starter from my 1993 W250, and wondered if anyone has some advice for removing the three 10mm spline head mounting bolts. The lower bolt looks like its impossible to get to. I do have a small 10mm spline wrench, but no spline socket set, since I have never before run...