140 starter

The more common item is worn and chiped teeth on starter drive and ring gear. Having said this it may work well a long time yet if you can tolerate the ocasional lock up. Another good way to free these up is loosen starter mounting bolts. Just back them off 1/4", you'll hear it click into place. When I was a teenager, everyone of my dad's Farmalls had a 3/4 end wrench in tool box. It was standard equipment. One is not always able to rock the tractor in high gear.

Indeed Hugh! When I was a kid "standard equipment" on every Farmall I ran was a 3/4" combination wrench hung from the starter rod loop.

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Likes The Farm: Might be a sticky starter bendix. More likely however the bendix pinion teeth are worn. Usually a new bendix solves the problem.

However if the flywheel ring gear teeth are also badly worn a new bendix can actually make the problem worse. Only solution then is to replace the ring gear.

scotty

It had set a while, 2 years, before I bought it.

Starter locked twice early on but after using it awhile it has not caused a problem since.

Might have just been gummed up.

Does your 140 get used much?

Gary