[Farmall] Starter motor: troubleshooting?

[Mitch Birch]

My  1951 H has the same problem all  do is put it into 5th gear and rock
it .   this works a bout 95% of the time. The other times  just loosen
the starter and it will pop or click loose from the ring gear tighten it
up and fire it up.   Hope this helps..      By the way this happen about
once out of 50 starts
Mitchell    from Arnold MO.

>>> "Bigdog" <dbigdog at columbus.rr.com> 9/17/2006 1:04 PM >>>
Dean,
    The old H's and M's were notorious for the starter locking up
against 
the flywheel ring gear.  Try putting it in 5th gear and rocking it back
and 
forth to see if it will break free.  You can also loosen the starter
motor 
bolts and wiggle the starter to break it free.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dean Vinson
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group' ; 'Farmall/IHC mailing
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 1:46 PM
Subject: [Farmall] Starter motor: troubleshooting?


Spent a nice day yesterday cleaning up the M and tinkering with the
fuel
sediment bowl, and just now went to put the tractor back inside.   No
response from the starter.  I confirmed it's getting electricity when
I
press the starter button, but no movement, no sound, nothing.  I
haven't had
the tractor long but have never previously had trouble with the
starter.

My plan is to take it off, look at it, try to rotate it by hand, and
see if
anything occurs to me.  Any suggestions on where to look?

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net 


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