[AT] Farmall starter switch

kkinney at herculesengines.com kkinney at herculesengines.com
Sun Jul 27 18:57:30 PDT 2014


Once in a while our Farmall H will get the starter stuck.  Seems like the teeth on the starter and the teeth on the ring gear get out of mesh and will have the teeth on top of one another.  At least that’s what I think is happening.  The engine will  be locked up tighter than a drum.  I’ll get a wrench out and loosen the bolts holding the starter on.  After a few turns I’ll hear a fairly loud “pop" and everything will be right with the world again.  I’ll tighten the bolts and be off and running.
Keith


On Jul 27, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> Sometimes a dremel tool with a chainsaw sharpening stone will get into 
> the tooth and smooth it out.  There is a small angle to the teeth to 
> allow them to mesh fast.
> Cecil in oKla
> 
> On 7/27/2014 8:01 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>> Gentlemen, you hit the nail on the head with the idea about rocking the
>> tractor.
>> 
>> It didn't initially seem to make any difference, still no sound or movement
>> from the starter even after rocking the tractor, so I took the starter off.
>> Laid it on the floor, stepped lightly on it with one foot to hold it still,
>> and hooked it up to some jumper cables from the battery...and it worked just
>> fine.   So I looked at the ring gear on the tractor, through the hole where
>> the starter used to be, and saw the teeth were somewhat banged up.   Put the
>> tractor back in 5th gear and rocked it some more to rotate the ring gear a
>> little, put the starter back on, hooked everything back up, climbed up,
>> switched on, pulled the starter rod, and the tractor fired right up like
>> nothing had ever been wrong.
>> 
>> Thanks to all--
>> 
>> Dean Vinson
>> Saint Paris, Ohio
>> 
>> 
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>> Rocking the rear wheels while in high gear is a good idea.
>> 
>> John Hall
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: k7jdj at aol.com
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>> Sounds like the starter is stuck.  Don't know what kind of starter drive is
>> used.  I would try and make sure the engine is free and or put tractor in a
>> high gear and rock rear wheel with the ignition switch off.  Also put a
>> voltmeter on the battery and see what the voltage does when you apply start
>> current to the battery either with the switch or putting the battery cable
>> on the starter.  It should drop a couple of volts if the starter and grounds
>> are OK.
>> 
>> Gary
>> Renton, WA.
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