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These are views of the starter and the frame mount, both of which have corrosion. The frame mount is attached to a steel bracket and is also a gray color.

The house battery cable is about 1/2" thick with copper wire about 3/8" thick, don't know the gauge. My jumper cables weigh about 20# and thickness of copper is at least 1/4". If the glow plugs are pulling too many amps, that would leave less for the starter.

This may be way off topic for a tractor forum but I've looked at a lot of places to try to solve my problem and maybe here is where the smarts are. I have a 2001 40' diesel motorhome (MH) with a 7.5 kw Generac diesel generator being run by a Shibaura 3 cylinder diesel engine, the kind some...