TD-6 Starter Questions

MWB323

New User
My starter just burned up on my TD-6 and I'm having trouble locating a new one. Perfect timing too, as it's our only plow and we have over a foot of snow on the road.

I have the 1947 TD-6 where the solenoid is mounted by the gas/diesel lever, and has a push button on it for starting. All the starters that I can find for sale online have a solenoid mounted to the starter, or the style with a push button on the starter itself (the type with a starting 'lever' below the gauges).

I also have a broken 1953 TD-6 that we kept for parts, and it has that starter with a push button solenoid mounted onto the starter and a lever going over to the gauges. Can I remove this button/solenoid, and hook it up to the solenoid cable on my 1947 model? They look to be the same size starter, but I don't know that they're compatible since they're designed for different solenoids.

Anyone know which starters will work for my particular 1947 TD-6 with the 12v solenoid with a push button, mounted up by the levers?

Thanks!
 
The hard part is making sure it has the correct mounting direction Rear of flywheel or front toward radiator. If all fit the engine, then getting full battery current to the starter is next. A relay (solenoid with a wire to a push button) that is connected with heavy cables or a copper strip, to the starter, and the large battery cable on the other side. If a push button is contacting the heavy current directly,(no relay) mechanical force from a push stick or rod can be used. Jim
 
OK, well I pulled the starter from our broken '53 model just to be sure, and it has the mechanical push button without a solenoid. However it uses the leverage of the lever to also push the spinning "gear" into the flywheel as well as connecting the current, and then the gear is pulled back away from the weight of the lever when you release it. So it looks like there's no way that one will work for my '47.

Been browsing online, and all of the starters that are for sale for a TD-6 (that I've been able to find) come with a solenoid attached, and it's built into the body of the starter so it can't be fully removed. My unit doesn't have the clearance for this style.

So I have to manage to find one that's intended to have a detached solenoid. My solenoid works fine, power is getting to the starter, so if I can find one that fits then problem solved.
 
No but that's probably a good idea. I just need to find a local place that can do that. I even have the other starter with a different housing, probably has the same internal components for the most part, if nothing else.
 
I ended up taking mine to a local electric shop that does starters and alternators. I wasn't having much luck locating the parts on my own.
 
(quoted from post at 17:22:39 01/18/18) I ended up taking mine to a local electric shop that does starters and alternators. I wasn't having much luck locating the parts on my own.
I took mine to the shop but he is having trouble finding a new Bendix assembly.
 

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