My 1975 Dodge M-500 Chassis motorhome, powered by a 440, won't start.
I already put in a new battery, and a new starter, new starter relay, and still have the same problem:
When the ignition is turned, the starter engages, and you can hear a rapid, percussive clicking, like an impact wrench type of sound, but the engine doesn't actually crank...like the starter gears aren't quite meshing with the flywheel.
One piece of info: When I put the new battery, I accidently hooked it up backwards, and saw a puff of smoke around the area of the alternator. Strangely, with the battery hooked up backwards, the engine cranked, strong! Now that the battery is connected correctly, however, I'm back to square one...just the rapid-fire clicking, no engine crank. If I shorted out the alternator, would that account for the starter problem?
Is there a way to test this?
Are there other components that likely would have been shorted out by the battery being backwards?
2006-08-27
17:46:40
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