17.5 (31C707-0154-e1) weak starter

[boatdink]

Replaced:
Starter
Cam
Tappet valves

Set the valve lash too

It's still acting like it's not decompressing. Could it be the Amazon starter being junk? I hooked the welder up to it and still didn't want to go. Bad ground?

 

[Ocean909]

Replaced:
Starter
Cam
Tappet valves

Set the valve lash too

It's still acting like it's not decompressing. Could it be the Amazon starter being junk? I hooked the welder up to it and still didn't want to go. Bad ground?

You can always try connecting power directly to the starter, bypassing the wiring and solenoid. If it goes you know you have a bad connection somewhere.

Also see how it cranks without a plug(s), no compression. It should crank at a good speed. If it doesn't may be a bad starter.
Why was all this replaced? was the old starter doing something similar? If so maybe other issue. Others will have a better idea I'm sure.

 

[boatdink]

You can always try conecting power directly to the starter, bypassing the wiring and solenoid. If it goes you know you have a bad connection somewhere.

Literally just tried it and no go.

 

[Rivets]

If you tried to jump the starter by going directly + to starter and - to good chassis ground, and had no go, the starter is bad.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Which would put it on par with around 75% of the cheap "unbranded " starters sold on Amazon & Ebay
When will people understand
"If it is too cheap to be real then it is not real "

 

[boatdink]

I figured it out. I had the valves mixed up and did the wrong valve lash. Thanks everyone.

 

[StarTech]

I figured it out. I had the valves mixed up and did the wrong valve lash. Thanks everyone.

Easily done with these cross flow heads.