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Thanks Dave. I read up on it. All I could find was about the 37 cars. They had barrel type bendix drive. Mounted to the starter shaft. The Master models had "Starterators". Vacuum assisted lever actuated mechanism on accelerator pedal. They do say if there is trouble with starter motor it could very well be the lubrication has solidified. They say clean it off and lightly relube. They warn about not using a cleaning fluid on the whole bendix because there is lube inside that would be hard to replace?

Bugnut, please disregard the part about the lever operating the pinion and the button switch. Unless there has been a swap/modification. Glad Dave corrected me on that. Now sounds like maybe your truck has this early bendix drive (inertia actuated) that is hanging up on old grease/rust/dirt or something is broken. Maybe it is stuck in the out position and is the reason starter wont come out. Trying to help from far away but mostly guessing/brainstorming. It is very interesting to me. I like old mechanical. Long live the "STARTERATOR". I'll be back.