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Originally Posted by kerry
I have an inductive meter which I just lay on the positive battery cable while cranking. It shows the draw. People have reported about 200 amps on a good starter. Someone was drawing about 350 amps in a post last week and I believe the consensus was that is was too much.
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The thread with the 350 amp pulling starter prompted me to check mine (witn an inductive amp meter) as spoken about above and my good working starter only pulled a little over 100 amps (weather at the time around 76 degrees).
If the Starter Solenoid or something else is sticking in the starter hitting (use common sense here) it some times loosen it up.
The contact points inside of Starter Solenoids burn over the years. I believe I have read that some of the members cleaned them (do a search for this).
Always an issue is the Starter cable and wire connections. One of the small wires of the Starter Solenoid I believe gets its power from the terminal bolck (not all modles have it) just forwerd of the battery.
Always a good idea to clean the connections before testing Starter or Alternator. (Cleaned after disconecting the (-) battery cable for safety.)