Ok, here's the go, and it's really starting to shyte me.
Basically, sometimes I turn the key and the starter screams it's head off as it doesn't engage. At first I thought is was the earth not being good enough, so i boosted it, which appeared to help. But it's doing it again randomly.
I've now noticed that if it does it (sometimes - rarely- it will start on another turn of the key or 6) the best way for me to get it to fire is to take the park brake off, put it in a gear and get out and push the truck hard to get the flywheel to move a bit. Get back in, turn it and she works fine.
So, I assume now that the starter is slipping. so a few questions:
Who else is running a CRS manual flywheel and ring gear set up?
When you turn the ignition on, I can hear the starter motor or some solenoid engage for about 2 seconds. Then the ECU clicks, and I turn the key. Is this normal?
When I fitted the flywheel, I left the spacer on the back of the motor, then tried the starter by pulling it out. It wouldn't engage enough, so I removed the spacer and re fitted. The starter motor extended perfectly from memory.
Also, when installing, the teeth on the starter, and the ring gear were both perfect. So i'm guessing the starter just isn't finding a way into the ring gear sometimes. It's more embarrassing then anything.
Ideas?
Basically, sometimes I turn the key and the starter screams it's head off as it doesn't engage. At first I thought is was the earth not being good enough, so i boosted it, which appeared to help. But it's doing it again randomly.
I've now noticed that if it does it (sometimes - rarely- it will start on another turn of the key or 6) the best way for me to get it to fire is to take the park brake off, put it in a gear and get out and push the truck hard to get the flywheel to move a bit. Get back in, turn it and she works fine.
So, I assume now that the starter is slipping. so a few questions:
Who else is running a CRS manual flywheel and ring gear set up?
When you turn the ignition on, I can hear the starter motor or some solenoid engage for about 2 seconds. Then the ECU clicks, and I turn the key. Is this normal?
When I fitted the flywheel, I left the spacer on the back of the motor, then tried the starter by pulling it out. It wouldn't engage enough, so I removed the spacer and re fitted. The starter motor extended perfectly from memory.
Also, when installing, the teeth on the starter, and the ring gear were both perfect. So i'm guessing the starter just isn't finding a way into the ring gear sometimes. It's more embarrassing then anything.
Ideas?