(Not so much) Fun with freezing temps

[eagle19952]

the lower the voltage the higher the amperage the bigger the arc...better to weld with...

[robertglines1]

What city you close too now? When headed to Nashville?  Bob

[Geom]

Edit: there is no lube to speak of inside the solenoid, just a smear of grease, so cold temps would not be an issue.

I wonder if different starters have different lube requirements.
According to the maint manual, the starter on this engine has 3 spots that require periodic application of SAE20 oil.
There are 2 areas on the starter diagram labeled as "oil reservoir".
They do look tiny, so they may equate to being just a smear of grease.
The larger looking "reservoir" is in the nose assembly, ahead of the pinion (coincidentally where we've been tapping to get it started when it acts up).

Edit: I also don't quite get what the book is saying, but it sounds like the shift-lever-housing has oil inside that is isolated from the field frame and solenoid by way of O-rings and oil seals.

[Geom]

What city you close too now? When headed to Nashville?  Bob

Bob,

We're in Marion, IL at the moment.
We're going to try to head into Nashville on Saturday if all goes well.
It's supposed to be in the 50s on Saturday, so we should be good on the freezing front; and we're hoping the starter/electrical issue is transient enough to not get in the way of us leaving.

[Scott & Heather]

Just an FYI, if you know your power steering was burping out fluid, you might want to just check the level and top it off. Just a thought. I know you are working on other things right now, but just want to make sure the power steering did not get ignored :-)


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[luvrbus]

With a V730 you probably have to much oil,that is what I find on most GM with the V730 people don't replace the original starter with a sealed starter and they fill with oil YMMD