I believe that my starter got smoked by a line guy with aux power. He plugged it in, I hit my stareter, and smoke came out of the cowling. Both ends of the starter cable were melted, and burnt smelling fluid was running out of the starter. Oh, what a great feeling that is! Any way, one of the field windings looks like black, runny, silly putty! Have taken it to be overhauled, but they are having a difficult time finding parts any more. So, I'm looking at other options.

When you say that you can't rotate the prop in the opposite direction with a light weight starter, do you mean at all? If not, how do you time the mag or do any maintenance requiring such an action?

Any problems with the light weight starters actually turning the engine? I've got two on my Twin Comanche, and sometimes it seems like they have to muster every amp of energy just to barely swing the prop. Never had a failure, but it sure is different from every other plane I've flown with regular starters.

Any other comments are welcome.

Thanks for your input.

Keven
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