Gleaner GM250 inline 6 starter
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Topic: Gleaner GM250 inline 6 starter
Posted By: AC7060IL
Subject: Gleaner GM250 inline 6 starter
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 4:25pm
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Doing a few pre-season adjustments to my K2 Gleaner gas GM250 in-line 6 combine. Its engine starter drags some and/or just clicked with no crank. Anyway thinking it needs attention, I removed starter from combine, mounted it in bench vise, lubricated it’s bendix shaft, & wired it direct to good battery. Using a jump wire on solenoid, I got it’s bendix to move outward and then it’s motor seems to run good? It’s front nose housings armature bushing seems ok - it’s not excessively worn. So then I remounted starter on combine to which it will still only clicks hard, but no crank. Why will it not crank? Need new Brushes? Thanks |
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Posted By: A-C_220
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 5:49pm
| Batterys or connections are bad maybe |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 6:30pm
| Same battery on work bench & combine. It load test good. I cleaned combine ground mount to frame. But I did not replace any combine battery cables. So, I’ll try connecting same work bench battery cables onto combine. Thanks A-C_220. |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 9:05pm
| Can you turn engine with drive belt? MACK |
Posted By: WD45 Aaron
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:23pm
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A couple years ago I had an intermittent no start condition with the lawnmower. Battery was good. Terminals were clean. At first inspection the cables looked just fine. Turns out the copper of the positive cable was completely green under the insulation near the battery connector. When I flexed the cable the insulation cracked and it became very evident. The cable appeared in good shape until I did that. The resistance was too high so the starter couldn't always draw enough current. ------------- Machinery rescue for all things rusty or broken. Current residents include 3-1/2 WD45s, Oliver Row 77 gas, 88 diesel, Farmall super C, parts C, two Cat D2's, Clark C500-80 forklift, and a sick Kubota. |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:52pm
| Yea,check what Aaron said, if the cables are old,or even the original,they could be bad... |
Posted By: WD45 Aaron
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2020 at 10:59pm
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My memory just jogged a bit. When diagnosing the issue I wasn't getting good continuity with my multi meter through that cable. That's what triggered me to take a look closer at it. Without the meter reading I might not have flexed it like I did to find the issue. ------------- Machinery rescue for all things rusty or broken. Current residents include 3-1/2 WD45s, Oliver Row 77 gas, 88 diesel, Farmall super C, parts C, two Cat D2's, Clark C500-80 forklift, and a sick Kubota. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2020 at 5:38am
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MACK wrote:Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2020 at 6:42am
| Check the starter draw with starter in place on engine. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 7:42pm
| My combine’s problem ended being a bad ground cable. Thanks everyone. |