damon outlaw intermittently starting

[rick todd]

2007 Damon Outlaw Ford v10 starts and then doesn't. Have replaced starter and engine battery. There are two solenoids to the right of engine compartment. The lower solenoid gets very hot even when engine is not running, so we replaced it also. Still stays hot. Replaced the engine battery last week and it started fine. Four days later, will not start and generator would not start. Ten minutes later, engine started fine and generator fired right up. What switch could be giving this intermittent starting and power transfer issue?

[She and I]

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Originally Posted by rick todd 2007 Damon Outlaw Ford v10 starts and then doesn't. Have replaced starter and engine battery. There are two solenoids to the right of engine compartment. The lower solenoid gets very hot even when engine is not running, so we replaced it also. Still stays hot. Replaced the engine battery last week and it started fine. Four days later, will not start and generator would not start. Ten minutes later, engine started fine and generator fired right up. What switch could be giving this intermittent starting and power transfer issue?

Hi Rick,..Welcome...
Sounds like a bad connection...maybe ground..next time it happens take a jumper cable, hook one end to chassis neg battery terminal and other end to frame or other good ground source..see how it starts.If no change then check your alternator output ,maybe stator is going bad, also look at the ign switch for melted wires... more members will comment soon....maybe this helps.
Richard