John Bean sprayer.

[Caterpillar 1]

Bought a John Bean air blast sprayer. Model 475cp 500. Has a GMC gas V8. Need a starter for it. Can anyone direct me in the right spot?

 

[scootergmc]

The 475CP instruction manual shows the GMC 305 V6 in that model sprayer. Yours was swapped to a V8? If so I imagine any ol' GM smallblock V8 starter would work.

 

[JD Dave]

Ah! John Bean sprayers. Memories of the past. Ours had International 345's. Maybe you don't need a starter. Just pull it off and take it to a good automotive electrical shop and they can rebuild it. Probably better to do this than get a "rebuilt" one from some el-cheapo, gypsy outfit which blows off the dust and repaints it. It's not rocket science, - check the armature, the solenoid, replace the brushes and bearings, - maybe replace the Bendix and you're good to go.

 

[miner09]

Local parts store here has lots early parts. Owner died several years ago and son has it. Probably has starter if you can us what you need. It will be new old stock. Paris Texas

 

[wore out]

Bought a John Bean air blast sprayer. Model 475cp 500. Has a GMC gas V8. Need a starter for it. Can anyone direct me in the right spot?

How about a photo of the engine and of the starter?

 

[Jess Mess]

Possibly the OP, “Caterpiller 1” made a typo when stating it was a V-8. As scootergmc stated, the manual shows it came with a GMC 305 V-6. If it indeed has a GMC V-8 installed in it it certainly was swapped in. Bean/FMC did not employ the GMC 637 Gas V-8 into their 475 Speed Sprayer. If it does have a GMC V-8, it surely could be a small block Chevy as scootergmc touches on. All 475 CP’s, 476 CP’s and 477 CP’s were outfitted with the GMC 305 V-6’s. Bean/FMC employed many different unit types both gas and diesel in their Speed Sprayers. The John Bean/FMC Speed Sprayer was the King of Sprayers from the middle 1950’s well into the year 2000. Still here today and most every other brand that shares market place in this class of sprayers are knock offs. Certainly someone is gonna be irate with that comment but, none of them were around in the early 1900’s when John Bean was serving the agriculture industry with their design’s. Durand-Wayland, Air-O-Fan and a few others want some of that market. Nevertheless, the 475 CP only needed that GMC 305 V-6 to turn the 34” fan at 2800 to 3800 to be sufficient. It is true, Bean/FMC also used larger fans and they required more horsepower. Detroit Diesel was a favorite unit in the 757 CP as Bean/FMC and even previous models were being offered with both gas and diesel. I own a 1966 476 CP that has a 460 Ford Industrial swapped in it since 1976. The GMC did it’s work, the Ford was just the next replacement. At that time, the GMC parts were at a hefty price and was also becoming obsolete. The Ford or even a Chevy 454 were around each corner and everywhere you looked. If I had to do it again, I would go with the cheap Chevy. The parts for the Ford are hefty now and the Chevy parts are still cheap. Anyhow, the pictures that were asked for were never put up so we really never did determine the actual installed engine. Had we seen it, we would have better advised on where to direct the OP for the correct starter.