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Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see Something I'm very familiar with! Yes it most likely is due to the 12V. system, IF you did not change the field windings in the starter to 12v. when it was changed over. I have a 240U (same C-123 engine) that did the same thing. Starter drive would not engage the flywheel starter ring every time, would grind 2-3-4 times and finally engege almost every time I started it. Starter finally quit and when I took it to my local auto-electric guy, I told him how it had acted for years before it quit. He said the starter is spinning too fast before it engages so he installed 12v. windings in it when he repaired it and now it not only engages every time, but it starts quicker. Cost about $75 on top of the regular repair, so about $175 total, but it sure works great now. [Reply]   [No Email]