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[1931 flamingo]

V8COOPMANN
With BOTH wires off the gen and batt disconnect ON, it still motored !
Interesting.
Paul in CT

[V8COOPMAN]

Originally Posted by 1931 flamingo

V8COOPMANN
With BOTH wires off the gen and batt disconnect ON, it still motored !
Interesting.
Paul in CT

OK PAUL!

Now, let's THINK about it! With BOTH wires off of the generator, it is VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE for the GENERATOR to "motor"! Can you agree with that?

I have suspected that your solenoid has likely had it's 'shuttle' (the movable plunger inside the solenoid) freeze in the "energized" position. This would mean that ANY TIME that your BATTERY cut-off switch is closed (turned-on), the starter will crank the engine over. In other words, your solenoid is KAPUT! It possibly has a dead short running through it.

So, let's re-affirm. With BOTH wires disconnected from your generator, when you turned BATT disconnect on, the generator DID NOT turn, but the engine cranked-over?

Is THIS the condition we now have?


If so, we will run one more simple test! DD

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