Starter Problems

[N24YW]

I went out to the airport today and removed my wheel pants. I landed at a couple of grass stripps that had snow on them yet. I shut down on one of them and started the motor up after about one half hour. I went to a paved runway shut down again and when I tried to start all it would do was growl at me. I got out and turned the prop it seemed to have the bendix engaged but when I tried the starter it would growl and barely turn the prop. So I moved the tail wheel into a tie down hole and hand proped the motor. It started right up and the bendix kicked out. I flew home shut down and tried the starter again. Same thing, I quess I will take it apart tommorow. I bought the starter used off of ebay. 100 bucks got 250 hours out of it. It is on a 0-360 149 tooth fly wheel. Just thought I would post to see if anyone could give me a heads up if they have seen this happen before.


Jim Knight
Burlington Iowa
RV-6

 

[mahlon_r]

Obviously, the starter may have gone bad but make sure you have adequate voltage and current, at the starter, before condemning it.
Good Luck and Merry Christmas,
Mahlon
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[Geico266]

There is a reason it was sold on e-Bay.

Time to have it rebuilt or get a new one. Look in your area for a shop that rebuilds starters / generators. They are few & far between, but maybe you'll get lucky.

 

[N24YW]

Found the problem

I took the starter off today and disassembled it. The amerture teeth were totally gone. I found a local rebuild shop that was able to order the parts for me. I checked with Kelley airspace but the only sell to distributors. Here is a link to the parts list from Kelley. I should be back in business for about 150 bucks. I hope

Jim
Burlington Iowa
RV-6

http://www.kellyaerospace.com/electrical_charts/Starter/MZ.pdf

 

[Mark Burns]

If you need one sooner you can borrow mine

Jim,
I've got one ready to go. It's an MZ-4206 (MZ-4222)
I rebuilt it earlier this year, new bendix too.

You're welcome to use it for awhile. All it would cost you is the freight.

Mark

 

[N24YW]

Starter

Mark thankyou for the offer but with me working this weekend and Christmas I will wait for the parts to come in. I do appreciate the offer. That is what makes the RV people great. Thanks again.

Jim Knight
Burlington Iowa
RV-6 260 hours