1948 super a starter

sony224422 · Feb 5, 2015

Last night I was going to start it to move for an oil change and when I pulled the rod it started and I moved it. After the oil change I pulled the rod and it spun for a split second then acted like a dead battery. So I charged the battery and nothing changed except my wires (4 ga) got hot. So I pulled the starter out and the bendix is free, but it doesn't return on its own. I can spin it but I can't spin it enough to spin the motor in the starter. I don't know if that's normal or not. I took the two long screws out and tried to get the starter apart but it didn't want to come out of the housing so I put it back together. I am thinking it finally got worn out. It is 12 volt but it usually started 2 revolution so no excessive crank at all

gene bender · Feb 5, 2015

Where the cable got warm its usually from a bad connection. Take the starter shop for a refresh it probably need it thats why they went to 12v common practice go to 12v instead of getting starter serviced.

sony224422 · Feb 5, 2015

Brought it to the local shop. He said a maximum of $120 to fix it, but probably much less. He actually had a ton of them in the shop. He told me the "new" ones are so bad he won't even sell them unless he rebuilds them when they come in. He had a machine shop and said he has to always adjust them because the quality is so poor. He is going to do a couple upgrades for 12 volt but he said I didn't need to spend the extra money for new fields. Especially since it doesn't crank for long at all. He said it was and probably has been damaged for awhile and just finally seized up.

Seems genuine, I should have it back by Monday-tuesday so I'm happy about that

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