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Nick167

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So I?m trying to get this 77 I bought going and I put a starter on it but when it spins the starter gear wouldn?t come out like it was spinning
backwards so I hooked the battery up the other way then it engaged twice then went back to like it was spinning backwards any ideas what?s
going on?
 
If it was doing the same before the starter was changed, look for a bad connection, bad battery, or partially discharged battery.

The starter needs enough initial power to spin the starter drive into the flywheel gear.

If you put a volt meter from the starter post to the starter case, and engage the starter, you will likely find the voltage to be down around 6 volts or less. Compare that voltage to across the battery posts while the starter is engaged. If the reading is close to the same, the battery is low or bad. If the battery voltage stays high, up around 10-12v, there is a bad connection, bad cable end, or bad solenoid. Keep moving one meter lead at a time until you find the voltage drop. Look and feel for signs of overheating, corrosion, loose connections.

A bad flywheel gear can also cause it, but usually that causes more grinding than just spinning.
 
I?m pretty sure the springs not broken because I compared it with another one I had that?s rusted up. I did hook a 12v battery to it a little bit ago just to see what it would do and it cranked over then but the starter and my push button got awful hot
 
Sounds like you either have a bad starter which is drawing to many amps of poor connections or bad battery cable or cable that are to small or the engine has sat a long time and it is almost locked up. If it has sat a long time you need to give it an ATF treatment to free things up
 
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