need help wit my starter??

[vr2turbo]

not what the starter...but whack the solenoid above it....maybe that stuck on position....

So now is reversed. Last time my starter cannot start I knock it for it to contact......hahhahhaha

 

[Wilson13B]

Just to share my experience when this happen to me long ago on a diesel pajero , i was doing fuel system bleeding that require the engine to be crank for quite sometime , then the starter keep on cranking even with ignition switch in lock position til the starter started to smoking , i quickly disconnect the neg battery terminal & took the starter out to a starter motor & alternator rebuilder and they found out that the soleniod contact has welded together because of the heat of continous cranking , just got the soleniod replaced and the starter was working again ... they also said starter should be crank for maximum 10sec thn let it cool off for 20secs only continue to crank , if continue crank non stop for long time either the soleniod contact would be welded or the motor get fried .

 

[vr2turbo]

Just to share my experience when this happen to me long ago on a diesel pajero , i was doing fuel system bleeding that require the engine to be crank for quite sometime , then the starter keep on cranking even with ignition switch in lock position til the starter started to smoking , i quickly disconnect the neg battery terminal & took the starter out to a starter motor & alternator rebuilder and they found out that the soleniod contact has welded together because of the heat of continous cranking , just got the soleniod replaced and the starter was working again ... they also said starter should be crank for maximum 10sec thn let it cool off for 20secs only continue to crank , if continue crank non stop for long time either the soleniod contact would be welded or the motor get fried .

That is why when car cannot start, we crank and stop, crank and stop. Too long high current might just do what you mentioned.
Last time when working in car battery manufacturing factory many many years ago, we tested hooking up a copper cable from positive to negative terminals. Usually when the cable connects there will be sparks. What we did was connect it permanently onto the terminals. Within seconds the cable starts to warm up, then later copper cable starts to glow red, outer rubber casing starts to melt, then later the cable melted too. Just to show how strong the battery current is.....