WD starter
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Topic: WD starter
Posted By: crawdon
Subject: WD starter
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2018 at 1:42pm
| Try to start WD turned over two or three times now kills the gauge and battery cables get hot but doesn't turn over or spin the starter any suggestions |
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Posted By: acd17toy
Date Posted: 04 Aug 2018 at 7:38pm
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Stater could be locked to flywheel starter ring gear, remove starter and bench test it to see if it will run. |
Posted By: dawntreader74
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2018 at 11:03pm
| did the starter ever work ? |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2018 at 2:25pm
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First, remove the ground cable from the battery. Take the starter out and check it out. With the starter out, check that the engine is free turning by putting the crank on it and roll it over a couple times. Things can get worn enough to let the gears climb each other and lock up. Mice can also build nest so thick it will wind up in the starter and ring gear, and lock things up. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2018 at 4:38pm
| Good heavy cables shouldn’t get hot. Can you read the gauge of the cable stamped in the insulation? If it’s getting hot it is dropping too much voltage. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2018 at 5:24am
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Hot cables mean big time amp draw. Could be Starter needs a rebuld, cables to light, bad battery, dirty connections. Cable size should be 1 gauge or larger if running 6VPG. If the Starter is dragging, probably needs a rebuild. We offer Starter motor rebuilding the correct way if interested.... Steve@B&B
------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2018 at 6:53am
All good advise above and Steve is your man for rebuilding them.  ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2018 at 7:30am
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Kills the GAUGE? Sounds like the gauge wiring has become a better return path than something that's supposed to be the return path... Cables get hot for one of two reasons- they're carrying too much power, or they're too resistive. With my prior sentence as reference, I'll BET you've got a bad cable... ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |