Posted by 1948CaseVAI on July 18, 2014 at 11:39:36 from (24.255.234.134):
I know this is old hat to most of you, but I don't want to do this wrong and end up with regrets.
The starter on my 1948 Case VAI is stuck. I suppose I fouled it up when I pressure washed the tractor (it is new to me but had 66 years of grime on it) and probably got water in it. I did start the tractor after the wash and let it warm up good thinking that would dry everything out (and it started normally), but two days later the starter will not budge. I have isolated the starter electrically and put voltage directly to the frame and post on the top of the starter just to see if it would crank but there is nothing - not even a noise.
I have bought and read the Dealer's Service Manual, the IT shop service Shop Manual, the Operator's Manual, and the VAI Parts Catalog so it's not like I haven't tried to look this up myself. However none of these detail the procedure to actually get the starter off the tractor.
I am hesitating because when I was 14 (can that be 49 years ago?) I worked at a livestock auction and the foreman told me to take the starter off the little Ford we used to clean pens. He didn't give me any warnings so I wrenched the thing loose and it got cock-eyed and I heard a ziiiiiinnnnggg. That's when I was told about the Bendix, and the badness of having it unwind like that. Fortunately I didn't get fired and they found a real mechanic who used a wire brush on a drill or grinder to wind the thing back up without having to split the tractor.
So, here I am 49 years later facing removing another starter and I want to do it right this time!
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