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| | | | Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 36 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 36 | just finished 1951 3100 with rebuilt 235. the starter has been fine running on 12v throughout the running and tesing fir the past 6 months. its original to the 216 and now won't do a thing. do i (a)get it rebuilt (b) change to 12v,dont really want to change the ring on flywheel deal. (c) p/u a another used 6v and hope fo the best?
p.s. I opened it up and it seems simple. I don't know where to start chking for a open circuit
51 3100, 235 purs with T5 swap
54 Belair 305 & 700r4 few more months to go
I'm on a 1950 3100 that needs very little. A true barn find $1000
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,748 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,748 | Most likely, the brushes are gone. But rebuild it and it should be fine. Remember, it was designed to run on a lot of current. That would create some heat at the brush and commutator connection so clean up that as well. Shop manual covers it pretty well. No need to change the flywheel if the teeth are good and the clutch is good.
Steve H
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