A Lieberma wrote:


Am I having a bad run of starters, or should I be looking elsewhere for a
problem?

Once it started, was the ammeter displaying a similar indication as it
does after a start?

We've had one occasion where we had dirty battery terminals and another
where the battery was heading south. With the dirty terminals, the
ammeter didn't show a strong charge after start. With the bad battery,
the ammeter showed a much higher after start charge rate. When all is
normal, the reading was in between the two.

We also changed our '76 Sundowner starter in July, but it got stuck
engaged twice.