aj_mariner wrote:A couple hours under 300. Going to be doing this soon. Mine got worse in cold weather. Changed battery, checked all connections, replaced diodes and capacitor, tried jumper cable direct from battery to starter and it works intermittently: it will just spin, engage bendix and sound like it doesn’t have enough ass to crank the engine, or work with no problem. This is all on a fresh fully charged battery.
That is the sign of worn brushes. Mine were identical.