Hi, Rob. The starter on my Vert begain doing that and deteriorated pretty severely within two or three months. I took to carrying a heavy wire with me and arcing across the solenoid terminals, as someone else has suggested, but it's hard to goose the throttle while doing that.
I took the solenoid apart and cleaned it up but messed things up soldering it back together. I ended up buying a new one from MG Cycle. It's getting to be that whenever I have a problem I feel like just buying new from MG - those guys are great.
-Mike (69 ambo, 77 vert)
"Any ideas on how long I should be able to fake it before I get stranded? In other words, does this situation tend to go downhill fast or can I ignore it for the rest of the week/month/season without significant risk of getting stranded?"
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal "With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." -Lucian Blaga
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