Velislide
Newbie
Awhile back I picked this truck up, and have dumped a ton of money into it, just to get caught back up on all the maintenance and fixing what has been neglected.
Now when I first got the truck, it cranked pretty slow but had a marine battery installed. Being winter, I changed out the battery with a new 800cca one. Still cranked slow, engine would almost sound like it has too much compression for the starter, so I installed a new direct drive starter now. Still does it after the truck warms up, but usually cranks fine cold. Now I replaced the crank position sensor with a new AC Delco sensor, didn't have any high idle issues after installing the new sensor, so that's good, guessing it didn't need to relearn? But STILL has the slow crank issue when warm. It gets so slow cranking, it basically stops and the starter drive gear pops off the flywheel and spins against the flywheel face.
I've done a ton of work to this truck, to get it running as nice as it does now. What could be going on here? My next guess is battery and starter cables? But they didn't look too terrible. Or are these direct drive starters junk? Maybe thinking of bringing it back and getting a gear reduction starter.
Was thinking heat soak could possibly be an issue? Since the starter doesn't have a heat shield. But I only drove it maybe 5 miles to get it up to temp, and it starts cranking extremely slow.
Now when I first got the truck, it cranked pretty slow but had a marine battery installed. Being winter, I changed out the battery with a new 800cca one. Still cranked slow, engine would almost sound like it has too much compression for the starter, so I installed a new direct drive starter now. Still does it after the truck warms up, but usually cranks fine cold. Now I replaced the crank position sensor with a new AC Delco sensor, didn't have any high idle issues after installing the new sensor, so that's good, guessing it didn't need to relearn? But STILL has the slow crank issue when warm. It gets so slow cranking, it basically stops and the starter drive gear pops off the flywheel and spins against the flywheel face.
I've done a ton of work to this truck, to get it running as nice as it does now. What could be going on here? My next guess is battery and starter cables? But they didn't look too terrible. Or are these direct drive starters junk? Maybe thinking of bringing it back and getting a gear reduction starter.
Was thinking heat soak could possibly be an issue? Since the starter doesn't have a heat shield. But I only drove it maybe 5 miles to get it up to temp, and it starts cranking extremely slow.