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mppalmer(at)aol.com
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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 11:14 am Post subject: Sky-Tec solenoid keeps failing on our Glasair

What is your experience with the solenoid on a Sky-Tec starter in your Glasair?

 

 We just had our third failure in three years of the O'Reilly auto parts solenoid on our Sky-Tec starter. This time the winding on the elector-magnet must have failed. (The plunger wouldn't pull in. The starter spun, but wouldn't engage the gear.)

 

 We've never had decent longevity with the Sky-Tec solenoid - had to replace them about every two years when buying direct from Sky-Tec. That was while flying about 200 hrs/yr, about every week.

 

 I finally got tired of paying for that, and found the same solenoid at Checker/O'Reilly autoparts with a lifetime warranty. (BWD S5613.) Now we're down to 70 hrs/yr, flying every other week. But the solenoid is actually doing worse.

 

 Are any of you experiencing this failure rate? Sky-Tec keeps blaming it on engine vibration. Maybe so, but I've balanced the prop to almost zero IPS. (We're running an narrow deck 320, if it matters.)

 

 Is there another brand of solenoid out there that is more reliable, that still has a lifetime warranty? (This one is Borg-Warner, but like everything else nowadays, is made in China. That's gonna kill this country someday as everything comes grinding (literally) to a halt.)

 

 Mike <><

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

       

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Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: Sky-Tec solenoid keeps failing on our Glasair

Mike, I have 526  trouble free hours on my Sky  Tech starter. I have my starter relay mounted on the engine  compartment fire wall. And I mounted a starter relay diode to  stop surges. ( the reason for the diode is as  you turn off the  starter switch you turn the starter into a generator).  I ran a #  4 wire from the battery to the master relay and from there to the  starter relay and from there to the starter solenoid and to  ground. I was informed by a mechanic that the starter solenoid would over  heat if I hadn't. After discovering a large amount of metal in my  filter last December I decided to tear down my engine and  discovered  one of my cylinder pistons didn't match with a large  enough weight difference that would have caused a significant  vibration. Even with that, I haven't had any problems with my starter. As a  side note, I learned the cause of the metal was from having an aluminum and  steel oil pump gears that were eating themselves. The  AD requiring  the aluminum pump gear replaced by a steel gear was never done by the over  haul shop. Now I have a badly scored crank shaft,cam and lifters that  need to be replaced.  

  

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  In a message dated 4/8/2014 3:14:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  mppalmer(at)aol.com writes:

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		  What is your experience with the    solenoid on a Sky-Tec starter in your Glasair?



We    just had our third failure in three years of the O'Reilly auto parts solenoid    on our Sky-Tec starter. This time the winding on the elector-magnet must have    failed. (The plunger wouldn't pull in. The starter spun, but wouldn't engage    the gear.)



We've never had decent longevity with the Sky-Tec solenoid -    had to replace them about every two years when buying direct from Sky-Tec.    That was while flying about 200 hrs/yr, about every week.



I finally got    tired of paying for that, and found the same solenoid at Checker/O'Reilly    autoparts with a lifetime warranty. (BWD S5613.) Now we're down to 70 hrs/yr,    flying every other week. But the solenoid is actually doing worse.



Are    any of you experiencing this failure rate? Sky-Tec keeps blaming it on engine    vibration. Maybe so, but I've balanced the prop to almost zero IPS. (We're    running an narrow deck 320, if it matters.)



Is there another brand of solenoid out there that is more reliable,    that still has a lifetime warranty? (This one is Borg-Warner, but like    everything else nowadays, is made in China. That's gonna kill this country    someday as everything comes grinding (literally) to a    halt.)



Mike    <><

      



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