[Farmall] Starter motor: troubleshooting?

[E. John Puckett]

This problem happens when either  the starter drive or ring gear teeth 
become become blunt on the end and lock up end to end instead of 
engaging.  If the problem is the drive teeth, the drive is easy to 
change.  If it is the ring gear teeth on the flywheel, you can replace 
it, remove the ring gear and turn it some and reinstall or use a dremall 
tool through the starter hole to reshape the teeth.  If you have the 
tractor split, you can use a 4 or 4 1/2 inch grinder to reshape them.  
The teeth will be damaged in 2 places on the ring gear, 180 degrees from 
each other, since this is where the engine stops between compression 
strokes most of the time.

Mitch Birch wrote:
> 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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 John
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