RE: Weak Battery or bad Kick Starter?
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My warmest greetins @jesustiano.
Thanks for believing in this method. Honestly I apply it as much as I can, thouigh it would probabbly take much more time, but it makes you gain trust from others. And that is what it is all about, to be honest and to gain confidence so that wherever and whenever you give your opinion, it is appreciated and well taken. In the case of this technician, I would not call him again, don't you think?
Take care....
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The fact he had to use money to buy a battery he didn't end up needing and them fix the real problem... Yeah I would avoid such a technician, but such is life I guess, I do like the method, it feels deep and bullet proof. And that is important for newbies like me, because is better to go safe than to risk money and lives in a bad fix on a vehicle.
Very true @jesustiano, most important of all, it can be applied at any type of circumstances in life, even in family issues. In any family situation, One has to Verify that it exists, then look or inspect the situation and so on.
Reminded me of an english saying when you wrote "better to go safe than to risk money ..." It goes "It is better to be safe than to be sorry" (Translation: "Mas vale prevenir que lamentar")
Very glad you identify youself with this method..
Be safe and take care....
Just that in some situations, you are eager to get solutions due to time constraints. It was getting dark and then road isn't safe. Also, i was almost certain it was the battery.
Hi there again, dear @gentleshaid.
First of all I apologise if by my comment I might have hurt any suceptibility.
It is quite understandable what you say, you get hold of , of what you have handy
By reading your comment one experience came to my mind. Let me tell you about it.
My brother and I drove his Ford Maverick some 300 km away to look for my wife and my son, We arrived to our destiny some time in the afternoon and there was not need to use the car again, so we parked it not to use anymore that day.
The following day it did not start, the starter motor felt somehow heavy to turn. At first we thought it was the battery, so my brother in law brought one from his truck. Same result, the starter motor could not crank the engine. A technician was called in and diagnosed that the starter motor had to be brought down to check it. After that he said that the armature or field windings were not good, they needed to be replaced. Nothing else to do but to buy them and replaced the bad ones. The technician did so, and we put the starter motor back on the engine.
You know what? Same result, the starter motor felt heavy. He explained that it needed to get settled. To crank the engine he used two 12 V batteries connected in series and only them the engine got started. So we started our trip back in the late afternoon. Some where along the way we had to get fuel, so probably midway we did so. But we turned the engine off.
Same symptom when trying to start the engine back on. What to do? At that fuel station there was no technician. To make the story short, my brother and I decided to bring the starter motor down. When we checked it, we realized there was some play in the bushings. Luckily, the bushings could be turned around, so we did, reassembled the starter motor, put it back on the engine, crank it and the engine started smoothly.
That taught us that regardless the time, the place, things must be done properly and that would safe time and money, apart from your safety.
Anyway, those are the experiences that teach us for future events if they happen to arise.
Take care my friend..
That's quite some experience. It is good to have a bit of technical experience when using vehicles. In such a situation where there was no technician around, what would have happened if you did not know how to bring the starter down and check?
Thank you for sharing your experience.
My greetings @gentleshaid.
When we stopped for fuel it was already 7:00 pm. Honestly, there would not have been any other choice but wait till the following day to look for someone to give us a helping hand. But worst of all was the fact that at that stop there was no place to stay, only the car with its inherent risks.
Probably my broyther and I might not know much about that at that particular moment, we just support each other and gave it a try, and God blessed us.
Please take care, and thanks for your answers.