Yet another starter question

Kevin

I doubt you will find a solenoid-shifted starter that will fit your SA - the whole design of the starter is different. In addition you would need to wire up a pushbutton (or key-type switch) to control the starter solenoid. However it is not difficult nor expensive to replace the bendix/pinion assembly (the "starter drive") on an existing starter. Last time I checked a new starter drive lettered Farmall was about $50 or so.

Hope this helps...

Another item, my brother changed his Farmall 230 to 12 volt as per your diagrams. I was there one day and he was concerned how hard the starter was hitting when engaged. We removed his starter and yes it had the old Bendix type starter drive. He has since changed to this new type and tells me it corrected the problem. He was concerned the old starter drive was going to break something.

I have no idea how long these have been around, just the fact the IH parts man I had dealt with for 35 years said we haven't ordered the old type in years. Prior to that I hadn't done any starter work to my Super A or 130 in recent memory. So just maybe we are discussing something everyone has been using for 25 years, and in Truro, Nova Scotia they call it a clutch type, while most of the rest of the world call it a Bendix. We may well be into another one of those terminology items where in some parts it is called one thing while in other areas it is called something else.

I phoned the rebuilder and discussed my problem with him. He advised when he did starters he only had one drive in stock and he picked up the other from the CaseIH dealer. I took both starters back, just to be sure which came from rebuilder and which came from CaseIH, Turns out the new type that worked well in both tractors came from CaseIH. We called CaseIH and they had another. Rebuilder started on starter and I went to CaseIH. The parts man at CaseIH whom I've dealt with for 35 years told me they don't even order the old type in anymore, that the new CLUTCH TYPE is far superior. I have to agree, I haven't had a bit of trouble since. There is definately no solinoid on this just the same old starter switch that Super A's, 100s and 130 have had for years. I had never been happy with the old type starter drive. So when I call this a clutch starter drive I am only repeating what a 40 year vetran IH parts man called it.

These new starter drives work very well also on tractors converted to 12 volt, they are smooth to engage. I will suggest one other item, I have been told lately these new starter drives we are getting are a made in Canada item. I am not certain the guy who told me this knew what he is talking about. I can tell you this from partaking on forums, there are items we are getting here in Canada that are different from items discussed on forums.

Which parts store carried tractor starter parts? I'm sure it wasn't a chain discount parts store, but maybe we've got frachise here that carries them too. I've changed the drives out on car starters, so tractor shouldn't be too hard.