B2200 STARTER
 

ANYONE HAD TO REPLACE STARTER. MY B2200 WILL NOT TURNOVER ALMOST LIKE THE BATTERY IS DEAD. I PUT IN A NEW BATTERY AND IT STILL WILL NOT TURNOVER. I CAN PUSH START IT (MANUAL). DOES THIS SOUND LIKE THE STARTER BECAUSE AT TIMES IT WILL TURNOVER.

RE: B2200 STARTER
 

Sounds very much like a bad starter. If you are able to get good access to where the battery cable connects to the starter then here is a check to rule out possible bad ignition switch. Look at the starter and note where the large cable from the battery connects. Should be held onto the starter with a 14mm brass nut. Also note the much smaller wire that connects in the same area. Using a small screwdriver, Short between the large cable and the lug where the small wire was connected. You should get a small spark if connection was made correctly. Be very careful that you do not touch anything else metal when also touching the large cable connection as you will get a very BIG spark and will not be a good thing. If it does not crank by shorting between these two points then you definitly have a bad starter.

RE: B2200 STARTER
 

i agree with it being the starter but dont get under there to check the starter with a screwdriver with it in gear take it out of gear and set the brake.

RE: B2200 STARTER
 

It sounds like the starter solenoid on the starter is shot and drawing too many amps to operate, or the plunger is full of crud and getting stuck. What happens a lot of times is that the solenoid require more and more amps to work and will start to intermittently work, then will stop working all together, sometimes this will cause it to burn an open in the clutch safety wiring which goes from the ignition switch, down to a switch on your clutch pedal and then to the spade connector on the solenoid.

You will have to do atleast one of the 3 things:

Replace starter
Replace starter solenoid
Fix wiring through the clutch saftey switch.

The starter will come with the new solenoid attached.

If you want to try to install a starter solenoid to see if that fixes it (like it did on mine) it will require you to remove the starter, take the two screws out of the housing that hold the solenoid in, put some grease on the plunger and pinion arm and install the new solenoid. Then install the starter. Note that electronic parts are not returnable once the package is opened so if this does not fix it you are out $50.

If the wiring is faulty it may only intermittently work and may not work at all. To test it you should have continuity all the way from the spade connector on the solenoid up to the back of the clutch switch, and continuity from the clutch switch up to the ignition switch. The other way to test it is to put the red lead from a volt meter in the spade connector and the black to ground then have a buddy push in the clutch and turn the ignition key to the start position, you should read 12 volts.

what if there is a big spark what does that mean

I'd like to know voltage across the battery terminals while you are in the process of trying to crank the engine.