You probably have a shorted armature, a good starter generator shop should be able to fix it. You could try NAPA for a rebuilt, give them the numbers from the tag, I just got a gen. for a 54 Packard from them. Paul A. Schmidt -----Original Message----- From: John Digney <digney@xxxxxxxxxx> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 10:54 PM Subject: [FWDLK] Starter motor >Over the past few weeks the starter motor on my 1955 Plymouth Belvedere has >stopped working. It would work for a while then stop working and I would >take it off and turn it by hand and it would work again. Now it does not >work at all. There is still power flowing through the motor since my dome >light gets dim when I try to crank the engine and the motor always works >when I bench test it. I'm suspecting the starter drive is not disengaging >from the ring gear. Does anyone have any experience with these and know if >it can be fixed or where I can get another starter motor. Thanks for any >help you can give. > >John Digney > |