Shift Lever Adjustment

[Fergienewbee]

I've had a lot of problems with my starter. It's been rewired (armature) a new bendix, a new starter and ignition switch and a new battery. The other day it turned over but quit. My BIL couldn't get the starter to turn bypassing the ignition system. Today at the repair shop, it worked fine. I know you can adjust the starter switch position, but he wondered if the shift linkage is adjustable. Could that be the problem? I'm running out of things to look for.

Larry
 

[Bob (Aust)]

"My BIL couldn't get the starter to turn bypassing the ignition system"

If the starter motor did not turn over with a jumper lead from battery direct to the starter, the problem will not be the transmission activated starter switch.

I'd be looking at the earth lead. Is it still attached at the back of the dash? If so go buy a new lead and run direct from the battery to a starter motor mounting bolt. Makesure all connections are clean and bright.

Bob in Oz
'53 TEA20
 

[s19438]

"earth lead"

is that aussie for ground wire??????
 

[Toora Stephen]

It sounds like pretty global terminology to me!

-TS
 

[Tony in Mass.]

Nay bloody worries mate! Too bloody right it is. Earth is ground, ground is earth. Drink too many Fosters or castlemaines, you fall on either. Ground wires are brown, 'cause that is the color of earth... or so it was explained to me... pretty confusing, because Australian dirt is red... or it was last time I was there... I am getting confused.... btw, from the sound of what you are trying, the starter might be bad or jammed.
 

[Bob (Aust)]

Yeah Mate, the bloody starter may be stuffed but I still think ya earth lead is dead!

Why is it that the English language is common to both Australia and the USA but if I visit my daughter in Texas or Florida I need an interpreter? Ever tried buying something in Walmart, McDonalds, Taco Bell or anywhere else and no one can understand a word I'm saying?

One would not have thought a nation could so corrupt the English language in only 236 years since you kicked the POMs out, to the point the language is indecipheral in the Southern States. And New York!!!

So I am understood amongst my friends, here is the Australian to US Automotive Dictionary:

bonnet ... hood
boot ... trunk
bumper bar ... bumper
mud guard ... fender
windscreen ... windshield
indicators ... indicators, blinkers
petrol ... gas
bitumen ... asphalt
sealed road ... paved road
gravel ... road metal
ute, utility ... pickup truck
3 or 5 door ... hatch back
give a lift ... give a ride
lorry ... big rig
car park ... parking lot
bowser ... gas pump
gallon ... gallon (is nearly 20% smaller, 3.8 litres instead of 4.5)
overtake ... pass
pass ... pass each other driving in opposite directions
earth lead ... ground wire
Gear Lever ... transmission shifter
Gear box ... transmission
spanner ... wrench
torch ... flashlight
oxie welder ... torch
Gaol ... Jail
Fosters ... Possum p!ss, not consumed by Australians.
XXXX ... Our beer here in the Sunshine State (Queensland).
Shiner Bok ... almost as good as XXXX if an Aussie is thirsty in Texas.

Around here where I live we grow thousands of acres of sorghum, which I believe is called "milo" in the USA. Milo in Australia is made by Nestle and is a kids milk drink, similar to drinking chocolate.

By far the worst corruption of English is words like vehicle; in the Southern States it is pronounced as three sylables with a hic-cup in the middle Ve-HIC-le, whereas here in Australia it is one sylable, one smooth word: vehicle.

Bob in Oz
 

[John(UK)]

No adjustment on the starter linkage other than the switch. Have you tried shorting out the Starter Switch across the two heavy terminals, just watch out for sparks when you do this. If it starts when you do this it is the Switch. You may find that elongating the holes for the screws on the switch will allow it to slide forward a little more. Make sure the Ground lead attachment point is clean and you should fit a longer lead and attach it to one of the bolts close to the starter...John(UK)...fergusontractors@hotmail.com
 

[Fergienewbee]

"Make sure the Ground lead attachment point is clean and you should fit a longer lead and attach it to one of the bolts close to the starter...John(UK)...fergusontractors@hotmail.com "

John;

Made all the difference. Starts like a champ!! Ground cable may have been bad inside. I bought a longer cable and sconnescted it to one of the bolts in the housing. Thank you and everyone else too. The repairman replaced the starter post also. But it was the ground that made it not start.

Larry