Thanks Wrenchbender,
I found a couple of references to using alcohol to clean these up. Tried that and then ended up using dawn and hot water.
Worked very well. Appreciate the advice.
Here's a better photo of the
commutator. Hoping this is good to go. Is this
something to worry about? Seems that in a previous rebuild, someone banged the wires into eachother. Do I need to worry about shorts between them? And, is there a way to check for issues without a growler?
The kit came with a new starter drive, which I will install. Following the shop manual instructions right now. Not all make sense. Any tips on the snap ring and thrust washer?
May have a bigger issue than that...just compared the old to the new starter drive. Here's the
side-by-side. The new one is half an inch shorter than the old. Did I get the wrong kit? NAPA is usually pretty good about giving me the right parts. The
rest of the kit seems like it matches what I have.
What do you think?
And here's my reassembled switch. Is
this the correct location for the springy-thing?
Also, since the kit has the bushings, how do you get the old commutator end plate bushing out?
Thanks again,
Jim
