mountain4don
Member
My starter stopped working on my 1954 Farmall Super C. It was while I was having trouble starting it due to a defective magneto. When it got hot it wouldn't start. Turned over ok, but wouldn't fire. And it cranking it too much I may have burned the starter motor. I have checked and cleaned all the cables and connections and that isn't the problem. I took the starter off and took off the starter switch, exposing the copper switch contact on top of the starter. I took the battery cable and touched it to the switch contact and nothing happened. So I removed the starter and tried it again with a pair of jumper cables, and nothing happened. I took an ohm meter and there is about 0.4 ohms across the case and starter contact, indicating something is still there and that the coils are not burned off. So, what can you recommend I do to repair it before I go and order a new one? Are there brushes that might need replacement? Or anything else or tests I can do to find the problem?