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| | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 39 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 39 | when i tried to start my 6 volt 55 pu, i pressed on the starter and nothing happened. after about trying this for 20 times, the starter worked. is my starter going out? thanks in advanced jim | | | | | Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 40 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2020 Posts: 40 | If you haven't taken the truck out for a while, I doubt anything is going out. Sometimes normal condensation causes corrosion internal to the starter, and the physical action of operating the starter pedal removes that corrosion, allowing the current to flow and the starter to spin.
On the other hand, if it's a regular driver, then you may want to plan to get that starter out to a shop. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,833 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,833 | Worn starter brushes can cause an open circuit that keeps the armature from spinning. If it happens again, have someone hold the start pedal in the engaged position while you give the rear of the starter housing a moderately firm tap with a hammer. If that makes the starter spin, it's time for a new set of brushes.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,458 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 1,458 | If that makes the starter spin, it's time for a new set of brushes.
Jerry Or keep the hammer handy ! Then be surprised when that doesn't work anymore!
BC
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Retired GM dealer tech. 1980 - 2022
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,833 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,833 | When I was teaching auto mechanics at a Tennessee state trade school, I told the assistant director of the school about the hammer trick. The next day, his Toyota pickup came into my shop on a wrecker. "Your trick didn't work" he said- - - - -as he pointed to a windshield wiper motor with a bunch of dents beaten into it! Was it rude of me to break up laughing?
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,101 | When I was teaching auto mechanics at a Tennessee state trade school, I told the assistant director of the school about the hammer trick. The next day, his Toyota pickup came into my shop on a wrecker. "Your trick didn't work" he said- - - - -as he pointed to a windshield wiper motor with a bunch of dents beaten into it! Was it rude of me to break up laughing?
Jerry I don't think I could have helped myself either. 
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | |
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