Sky-Tec Starter or Solenoid going bad

[AZOutlaw]

Yesterday I thought I was walking home.  After dropping a guy off in San Diego, I went to start and heard the started spin, but it wouldn't engage.  Removed the cowling and noticed the solenoid mounted to the top could be slightly twisted and moved by hand.  Not where it's bolted on, the back end where the cables are connected.  After jiggling that around, I tried the key again and it did engage.  I hoped it would still be happy when I got the cowling back on, and it was, so I flew home instead of walking.  Is this a sign only the Solenoid is bad or is the whole unit going out?  I've looked for the solenoid online and can't really find it alone, except for the ebay used parts guys.

[LANCECASPER]

What you heard slipping was probably the adaptor. When you hear it slip like that you may have a few more starts until the adaptor won’t engage anymore, but you don’t have many.

Once you rebuild the starter adaptor, for the health of your starter adaptor I would put a heavier Energizer 646275 starter on your Ovation. The lightweight starters allow kickback and take out the starter adaptor.

[N201MKTurbo]

Brice @ragedracer1977 had a light weight starter on his right engine. It was always iffy to start. He replaced the starter adapter and the starter with a stock starter and it has been fine ever since.

[hypertech]

Before you jump to a starter adapter - how old is your battery?  Mine did this and I started worrying about a starter adapter problem.  I changed the battery instead.  Problem disappeared.  My assumption is that if the battery can't put out enough cranking power, it might do this.