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Hi folks,
My 1970 SIIA 2.25 petrol has on occasion, and maybe 1 in 10 times lately, started normally but then the starter continues to crank after it has started. When this happens it does not matter if I turn off the ignition -- the engine remains on, as does the starter. When it happens I have to jump out of the truck and pull the ground cable from the battery. That kills the engine and I can then restart it normally, and the starter does not (so far) continue running the next time I try to start it. Like I said, this happens maybe 10% of the time. Everything else works as normal.
My natural suspicion is that it's the solenoid, but it's new. My second guess is the ignition switch, but it's new too. Indeed, practically the entire ignition system has been replaced, as part of a bad starter situation a year ago -- that began when the starter burned up under the scenario described above. In other words, this problem happened a year ago, I replaced virtually everything in sight, and now (after not happening for about a year) it's happening again...
Ideas?
Thanks in advance for the help.
My 1970 SIIA 2.25 petrol has on occasion, and maybe 1 in 10 times lately, started normally but then the starter continues to crank after it has started. When this happens it does not matter if I turn off the ignition -- the engine remains on, as does the starter. When it happens I have to jump out of the truck and pull the ground cable from the battery. That kills the engine and I can then restart it normally, and the starter does not (so far) continue running the next time I try to start it. Like I said, this happens maybe 10% of the time. Everything else works as normal.
My natural suspicion is that it's the solenoid, but it's new. My second guess is the ignition switch, but it's new too. Indeed, practically the entire ignition system has been replaced, as part of a bad starter situation a year ago -- that began when the starter burned up under the scenario described above. In other words, this problem happened a year ago, I replaced virtually everything in sight, and now (after not happening for about a year) it's happening again...
Ideas?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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