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| | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | Not sure how to describe it but my '51 (216/6v) is becoming increasingly more difficult to start.
It seems like the battery is almost completely dead when I step on the starter. The motor barely turns over. Then, all of a sudden it spins like normal and fires right up. This happens cold or hot and the battery checks out 100% perfect.
I'm thinking the starter is the issue but I figured I'd get some more seasoned opinions.
Thoughts? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 | First thing I would check are your battery connections, especially the grounds for a solid connection. My ground is hooked directly to the lower starter mounting bolt. And of course with a 6V heavy gauge cables are a must. Starters aren't cheap so maybe a bolter in your area can give you a lead on somewhere to get it checked out/rebuilt. Bearing/bushings could be worn causing armature to drag, brushes could need replacement.
Last edited by Forty9; 12/11/2012 10:51 AM.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 940 | All my grounds are good. Rewired the entire truck over the summer and made sure of it.
The starter is +/-60yrs old and has never been rebuilt to my knowledge. I do have another on a running spare motor/trans sitting in my garage. Maybe I'll swap em out and see what happens. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I would just swap it out, would not take long
and you would find out quick, if so then
have the old one rebuilt if you want to keep them both
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 135 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 135 | More than likely, all the starter will need is brushes and brush springs, and the commutator cleaned up
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