Clicking solenoid on start but no action from starter motor

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Clicking solenoid on start but no action from starter motor

Postby monoblock » Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:15 pm

Symptom:
From 'cold' say 50 degrees+/- with battery voltage of over 12.6 volts the starter motor turns normally and the engine starts very quickly.
At even slightly lower voltage the starter engages momentarily and then the solenoid clicks rapidly. If a large,fully charged battery is used to 'jump' it starts immediately.
I presume this means the Denso starter solenoid is marginal-a common problem ? Or connections/conductors to it have a large voltage drop.
I would like to do a complete fix. I found 2 projects to do.
1. replace the relay with the LarryB kit
http://www.fostertruck.com/starter-rela ... n-kit.html
excellent Instructions: http://startercontacts.com/relay.htm
Any reason not to just use a generic 50 or 60 amp SPDT relay with harness and wire it myself?
2. Repair the solenoid with larger contacts -Geno's kit
https://www.genosgarage.com/product/lb- ... ild-kits-3
Is there anything else I should upgrade/modify and are these 2 kits the best to use?
This seems clever but unecessary ?
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/for ... ch-197607/
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Re: Clicking solenoid on start but no action from starter motor

Postby thrashingcows » Tue Mar 05, 2019 7:38 pm

Sounds to me like bad battery cables, and/or grounds and connections.
1984/93 Dodge Crewcab, W350, 1 Ton SRW, long box, 330K Km's, M&H spacer, 366 spring, fuel pin to deep side, 14cm housing, Piston LP, PS IC, Isspro Boost, Pyro and tach, NV4500, 29 spline NP205, 3.54's.


Check out the build....http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... 05923.html
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