Kevinski - my ground strap goes from the battery to the top of the transmission.
Dusty - I wondered the same thing. I took the paint off the end of the starter that contacts the bell housing and the face of the bell housing but obviously haven’t put back together and reinstalled yet. Should I also take the paint off the assembly faces of the different parts of the starter?
Bartamos - I can definitely test without the switch once I have it put back together, but I don’t have another 6V battery. Correct, it did start the motor previously with only two coils. The brushes are resting on a fiber washer that was on that end of the armature that just stuck there when I removed the armature.
Hotrod Lincoln - I’ll check again when I get it reassembled but don’t believe I had any contact with pole shoes.
