The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Couple of Motor questions

To All,

Thanks for the information and help with resolving my problem associated with hard starts.

I talked to the local starter rebuilder and had a somewhat disappointing results. I told him the test that had been run and the results. Rebuilder checked the starter and said he did not think anything was wrong with the starter. He did not test under load with I thought was wrong.

I open up the starter to take a look at the guts and they did not look bad. No drag marks and the brushes had plenty left and the springs holding them in place were strong.

So I bit the bullet and jacked the 47 Fleetmaster up and took the starter off it. After putting that starter on the 51 truck it turned over really good.

So I do have a bad starter. Not sure what is wrong with it but I am wondering if maybe when it was rebuilt they rebuilt it for 12 volts.

Now I have to find a new local starter rebuilder as the one the family have been using forever did not seem to care what I had to say about the starter.

Thanks for all the help.