STARTER

[loota]

NHAVE A 1949 8N 6 CYL FUNK STARTER STARTING TO GO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAP IT WITH A HAMMER TO GET IT GOING. TOOK IT OFF DROPED IT OFF AT A ELEC REBUILD SHOP THEY SAID NO PARTS TO BE HAD ANY WHERE. IT IS THE ONE WITH THE LONG NECK ON IT CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT THE LONG NECK IS FOR ? BUT AT A TRACTOR PULL I SEEN ONE TAHT LOOKED LIKE IT HAD A REGULAR STARTER ON IT ? NEED HELP ON A REBUILDER OR A STARTER THAT WOULD FIT

 

[wore out]

Could be a cracked solder joint where power enters the starter or stuck or worn brushes, any of which can easily be dealt with by a COMPETENT shop. Sounds like the place you took it to wasn't that sort of place!

 

[HarryVanderpool]

(quoted from post at 19:31:45 11/01/21) Could be a cracked solder joint where power enters the starter or stuck or worn brushes, any of which can easily be dealt with by a COMPETENT shop. Sounds like the place you took it to wasn't that sort of place!

I thought the same thing when I read his post.
We have a VERY old shop here in Salem Oregon that could turn a dirt clod into a working starter or generator.

Get a 2nd opinion...

 

[warbaby]

You went to the wrong shop. Starters are pretty basic electric motors and any shop with experience, a telephone or an internet connection can get parts for ANY Ford starter back to 1919.

HOWEVER, If the problem isnt in the actual starter, but with the unique extended bendix assembly, you may have to employ a machinist to remake parts, or convert to a modern replacement.
FUNKY

 

[teddy52food]

If you can't find a shop that will fix it, You can send it to me. If I can't find all the parts, I have a friend that has them.

 

[1 Acre Warrior]

(quoted from post at 17:42:14 11/01/21) SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAP IT WITH A HAMMER TO GET IT GOING

Do you mean that the starter doesn't turn, that it doesn't turn fast enough to engage, that it doesn't engage at all, or that it engages then stops (without turning the engine)?

The most common problem with old starters is that they don't turn. The most common reason for that is the brushes are worn or sticky. A whack with a hammer is enough to get them to move enough to make contact. The cure for this is to replace the brushes, and clean things out inside the starter. The BEST solution is to have a (competent) shop rebuild it for you.

In fact, a starter rebuild will solve any of the problems I listed above.

 

[DMartin9N-2N]

(quoted from post at 21:01:29 11/07/21)

(quoted from post at 17:42:14 11/01/21) SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAP IT WITH A HAMMER TO GET IT GOING

Do you mean that the starter doesn't turn, that it doesn't turn fast enough to engage, that it doesn't engage at all, or that it engages then stops (without turning the engine)?

The most common problem with old starters is that they don't turn. The most common reason for that is the brushes are worn or sticky. A whack with a hammer is enough to get them to move enough to make contact. The cure for this is to replace the brushes, and clean things out inside the starter. The BEST solution is to have a (competent) shop rebuild it for you.

In fact, a starter rebuild will solve any of the problems I listed above.

Good afternoon, loota and all: A couple years ago, I turned in a few 1950s GM starters to a repair shop, hoping to reduce a bill I owed the shop for other work. He told me many starters from the 1950s and so on have bad field winding units, the insulation goes bad and so that starter is not economical to repair and is nearly worthless as a core. He gave me zero for my old units.

Dennis M. in W. Tenn.