Alternator, battery and starter in 2 weeks

[crusty pirate]

Alternator took a poop a couple weeks ago. Changed that. Couple days later, no start just a clicky. Test 2 yo battery. Won't hold a charge. Replace. Still clicky. Pull starter and test. Solenoid bad. Replace. She happy now and I figure 230k miles on what looked like eom starter is pretty good but I can attest, you don't wanna do those on the trail, because they suuuucked! Wish I had a lift....

Just thought I would vent my woes to those who would understand

 

[TaishoCruiser]

Alternator took a poop a couple weeks ago. Changed that. Couple days later, no start just a clicky. Test 2 yo battery. Won't hold a charge. Replace. Still clicky. Pull starter and test. Solenoid bad. Replace. She happy now and I figure 230k miles on what looked like eom starter is pretty good but I can attest, you don't wanna do those on the trail, because they suuuucked! Wish I had a lift....

Just thought I would vent my woes to those who would understand

Sorry you had a rough stretch but glad you got those out of the way at home and not on the trail. If your radiator looks good you should have a lot of fun trouble free miles ahead!

 

[TeCKis300]

Alternator took a poop a couple weeks ago. Changed that. Couple days later, no start just a clicky. Test 2 yo battery. Won't hold a charge. Replace. Still clicky. Pull starter and test. Solenoid bad. Replace. She happy now and I figure 230k miles on what looked like eom starter is pretty good but I can attest, you don't wanna do those on the trail, because they suuuucked! Wish I had a lift....

Just thought I would vent my woes to those who would understand

Ouch. That's a doozy series of parts to replace one after another. Hope she's slowly earning your trust back.

If it helps, the cascade of failures was precipitated by the alternator failing, but the starter was also likely marginal and on its way out.

When the alternator fails, it puts a large extended load on the battery, deep cycling it. Common lead acids don't like to be deep cycled and become permanently damaged in this situation.

Starter motors are inductive loads that can create huge current draws. Especially when supply voltages sag, like in this situation where the battery state of charge is low. Current equals heat, which stresses the contacts of the starter solenoid. Especially one that is already worn, causing it to fail.