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He believes the starter might have had an intermittent issue. But in reality he flat told me that he really doesn’t know what the cause was. Other than the fact that there was some service done to the battery and all connecting points were cleaned, there was nothing out of the ordinary. I will...

Yeah! Bloody Dynamo — sings Figaro and zaps you with his lightning gun. A killer in Xmas tree clothing…

A&P didn’t have to replace anything. Went through the system starting at the battery and working forward, cleaning all connectors, contactors, etc. Without going into too much detail, once this was done plane started right up.

Yes sir. That’s next on the docket. 3 batteries were tested with no luck. Unless there is an electrical gremlin, it should be the solenoid. All other panel mount electronics work.

Yes sir. That’s next on the docket. 3 batteries were tested with no luck. Unless there is an electrical gremlin, it should be the solenoid. All other panel mount electronics work.

Same issue with the other battery.

Battery is only 5 months old. It holds a charge.

Starter was benched tested and is good. Going to clean the original cables coming off the battery and or replace them with copper cables. We aren’t getting full voltage from battery to starter as I understand it.

Yes, that’s his plan. Thanks.

My mechanic is going to pull the starter and bench test it…

My battery was low on water, it’s been filled and put on a trickle charger. The bolts are reading low. My mechanic will test another battery with the system, test the starter and the connector. See what happens from there. My current battery after charging still got only a repeated click, click...

I will check the battery. Maybe it had enough juice to start the plane one time and that is it.

Its last “major” service is when the twist to start ignition and a Surefly magneto was installed around 3 months ago. Had oil change and a dynamic prop balance in the last few weeks. Plane had no issues starting through the winter at all.

Installed new twist to start ignition switch 3 months ago - Piper Cherokee 140. Yesterday plane started easily, I shutdown, filled fuel. Upon restarting, turn key and all I got was a click, click, click from under the cowling. Let sit 20 mins — same thing. Voltage indicated was 12v. New battery...

Thanks for all the replies. I gave Annissa basically the same responses as above: The CFI and school establishes the rules, its up to you to follow them. Even thought she owns the plane, I told her don't take the risk -- rules are there for a reason -- imagine how stupid you would feel if an...