Agree with these posts. A likely culprit is the cabling, or specifically
corrosion in the cabling, from battery to engine compartment.

If there's plenty of voltage on the first few starts, and then the starter
won't turn, you've probably got a drain on the electrical system that's
bringing the battery down. Check for shorts or continuity through anything
that's not on the master switch -- panel clock? Gear motor?

My Comanche was running the battery down and we finally traced it to a
faulty microswitch in the landing gear -- the gear motor wasn't turning off
at the end of the gear travel, so it was pulling current even with the rotor
parked.

Remember that motors are less efficient when hot -- so your starter motor
will draw more current on a hot start even though the oil is thin.

Onward.

Seth
N8100R

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:20:12 -0700, unicate wrote:

Writing for a friend with an Arrow that is having a recurring starter
problem. The battery has been charged and tested, everything else checks
out, and there is the right amount of voltage at the starter. It works
once or twice (in a row), then if left overnight, it won't restart (no
response from starter whatsoever). The starter has been replaced three
times with the same result -- starts right up on the first few tries,
but next day, it won't restart.

Anyone else experience this?
Thanks in advance.


Was the voltage at the starter checked while the engine was cranking?
Was the voltage at the starter checked when the starter was not
responding?

Were the starters examined after they failed to function (bench test) to
see WHY they malfunctioned?



Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)