Starter troubles YM2000

[Neat 1500]

Yeah but he said it's spinning like crazy (ie no crank just spin) so I'd say crappy cheapo solenoids and not the ignition switch.

 

[kenmac]

Yeah but he said it's spinning like crazy (ie no crank just spin) so I'd say crappy cheapo solenoids and not the ignition switch.

very likely

 

[careyo63]

Quote> Took the starter back to the rebuilder and they replaced the solonoid with a different style solonoid. I've re-reinstalled the starter and again gotten about 5 starts and again the whirring sound of the starter spinning like crazy. Is it something on my tractor causing this or just crappy solonoids?

I sure would like to be there and actually test what was going on with his starter after being rebuilt. And after using Two different Style Solenoids and both are bad. Then I would have to say they use only the cheapest crappy parts available. :laughing:

 

[PILOON]

I'm all for spraying some WD40 into the ignition switch key slot as it sounds to me as if the contact is sticking probably due to dry lubricant.
Nothing to lose.
WD40 is non corrosive and will dissolve that dry lubricant.

 

[Neat 1500]

Either nasty parts or it is not being set up properly and contacts touching when they shouldn't. It could be bending the contact bar after a few starts then shorts across driving the motor only and not pulling in the solenoid ( indicating the switch is not putting anything out) hence the motor only whirring with no load.

 

[normde2001]

For $35-$40 I would eliminate the switch as a problem.

 

[buckstoy]

Thanks for all the replies, I haven't gotten back out to the property to try my parts back on but I have cleaned up the ignition switch with a product called DeOxit which is supposed to be very good for cleaning electrical contacts and the such. I put my test meter on the lugs C and B (the two lugs going from the switch to the solonoid) and checked for continuity. When I turn the key to start I have a tone, when I release there is none, I did this many many times and it consistently performed this way.
Talked to the owner of the starter rebuild place, his only thought was possibly my ignition switch may be causing this issue but was a bit puzzled that it would only spin the starter motor but not kick out the bendix (he thought that maybe every 5 times or so the switch would hang but I couldnt get it to do it. Also per the owner of the starter rebuild place I whacked the solonoid with a hammer and it is no longer shorted across the two lugs.
I hope to be happy tractoring this weekend but we will see! As a side note can I pull start her if needed?

 

[winston1]

"As a side note can I pull start her if needed?"

Yes, pull the decompression until you get her spinning in a high gear.

 

[careyo63]

Curiosity has a lot of us so let us know how it goes this weekend. We can only give advice on trouble shooting it. I still highly doubt 2 New Solenoids were bad and was joking on the cheap crappy parts comment. The Deoxit is what were saying to try with WD40. and the Ign. And that sounds like what was causing the problems. I have heard and had problems myself with switches being out in the weather. So maybe you won't have to replace it and your back in business.

 

[buckstoy]

Alright did some good tractoring this weekend, wife learned how to pull start a tractor also! Put everything back on went to hit the starter switch and.... nothing! After the cleaning of the switch now my switch wont fully go over into the start position! So we pull started it Saturday and let it run for a big chunk of the afternoon, and did the same yesterday. One ignition switch on order along with some fuel filters. Cant look around to long on Hoye tractors too much stuff I want but cant afford!