Starter for W58

[typhoontye]

Good morning or afternoon,
I continue to have intermittent starter issues (intermittently fails to crank until the key switch has been activated several times…replaced key switch and seemed to resolve until recently). Anyway, I’d like to carry a spare starter anyway, so am looking for an operational one. Westerbeke PN is listed as 16762. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance

David
Blue Moon, #189

[typhoontye]

Thanks for the tips. I had the starter gone through a couple of times….and had a brand new solenoid installed. Can’t hurt to check the tab though. Like you, I’ve thoroughly cleaned all connections. Seems to help for a while, then starts acting up again. Notably, when I parallel the house bank to the start battery circuit, I don’t experience a problem.

In the process of replacing the cables from the start battery to the starter, I realized that the ground cable that attaches to the starter mount bolt…provides the return path for the start battery circuit…is located directly below the end cap for the main heat exchanger. And of course that cap weeps a bit of salt water, that drips right on the swaged connector of the ground wire. It did look a bit gnarly. Might be an issue, or not. Anyway, new cables now, so hopeful that was it!

I’ll try to remember to report on the condition of the new starter when it arrives. I don’t intend to install it unless there’s a problem. But will carry it in the spares bin.

David

[typhoontye]

Yes sir, also had trouble with the neutral safety switch. Replaced it with a new one, and even that wasn’t perfect. So I wired around it some time ago.

On a separate topic, I haven’t used the forum in a while due to being unable to ‘send’ anything. The site wouldn’t do it for some reason. Anyway, that seems resolved. But I noticed that when I respond to an e-mail response to a post that I sent out previously, my response doesn’t get posted to the forum…and may not be getting out at all, except perhaps to the single individual who sent the original e-mail. If this makes any sense… So these last two responses of mine may be duplicates.

I do want to make sure that the part number of the starter I ordered gets out to those interested. It is: Delco Remy 1109377 ID23. That’s the number I pulled off my existing starter. Ordered from MCR, it’s supposedly a new item from Delco. Crosses to the appropriate Westerbeke part number for the W58 starter.

David

[typhoontye]

I received the starter from MCR. Turns out is manufactured by J&N, whoever they are. It appears to be identical to the existing Delco Remy, and it is billed as ‘new’ not ‘rebuilt’. The J&N part number is 410-12429. I don’t intend to install it unless I have another intermittent problem with the existing Delco Remy installed. If I do so, I’ll report on how the J&N operates.

David
Blue Moon

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