Sticking starter, I'll try to be concise

Posted by Intlhud on December 15, 2002 at 07:12:14 from (209.205.134.85):

A series of problems led to forcing me to split my 8N to replace the clutch. I had two problems hit me simultaneously at the time of clutch failure. One was the clutch, and the other the starter. The starter would engage but would not turn over the engine. Made me think that I had seriously damaged the internals of the motor. The system is converted to 12v. When I measured the voltage on the battery at time of clutch failure, found it to be down around 8v, so I'm sure voltage dropped further when attempting to crank. The engaged (stuck) starter drive apparently caused starter burn-out when I recharged the battery and attempted starting again. Got a new starter and installed it. Same problem. So I move on to worry about the clutch, figuring clutch pieces-parts were jamming flywheel somehow. With the tractor now split in two, I can install the starter and watch it work. I hit it with 12v directly to starter, bypassing solenoid and everything in the ignition system and old battery out of the picture. It'll engage the bendix. The starter, engaged into the teeth of the flywheel will not move the engine at all while starter gets hot. I can manually turn the flywheel with no problem, even removed sparkplugs to give it less resistance, but the starter won't do it. From reading archives, I see one possibility.... my jumper cables are ten footers and I could be dropping voltage to the point where it won't spin the motor. However, the same setup spins my 9n just fine, although slowly. All moving parts seem tight and smooth, and I hear no sounds and nothing drags when spinning the flywheel by hand. I'll eliminate jumper cables later today and install a good battery alongside starter and use short starter cables. If that doesn't solve the problem, I'm at a loss for what else to try. Any ideas at all?

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• Re: Sticking starter, I'll try to be concise intlhud 15:51:24 12/15/02 (0)
• Re: Sticking starter, I'll try to be concise Sid 13:50:08 12/15/02 (0)
• Re: Sticking starter, I'll try to be concise HWooden 10:31:25 12/15/02 (0)

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