starter question

BigDanT

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A friend of mine brought a 49 front mount up to my place so I could help him get it back running, he got the tractor with the little farm he bought ten years ago. He told me PO had told him that it ran, but my buddy just never messed with it. We started going over what I thought it might need and I noticed this starter...if you can tell from the pics, there is no way the copper strap is going to fit on the solenoid and starter post. Could this be a aftermarket or maybe a 9n/2n starter they have drilled and tapped? If it is a 9n/2n starter would it be OK to redrill and tap the holes so the strap fits properly? It is obvious that it has had a solenoid on for some time so maybe PO had made a custom strap and just never put it on with new solenoid???
Also, if it ran I don't see how...notice that the dizzy is missing copper conductor going from primary screw to points, the thing is it looks like the points that are in there have been well used and how in the world did the pigtail from coil ever make contact with that primary screw? Oh well... any thoughts on the starter would be appreciated. Dan
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(quoted from post at 19:12:09 09/18/15) A friend of mine brought a 49 front mount up to my place so I could help him get it back running, he got the tractor with the little farm he bought ten years ago. He told me PO had told him that it ran, but my buddy just never messed with it. We started going over what I thought it might need and I noticed this starter...if you can tell from the pics, there is no way the copper strap is going to fit on the solenoid and starter post. Could this be a aftermarket or maybe a 9n/2n starter they have drilled and tapped? If it is a 9n/2n starter would it be OK to redrill and tap the holes so the strap fits properly? It is obvious that it has had a solenoid on for some time so maybe PO had made a custom strap and just never put it on with new solenoid???
Also, if it ran I don't see how...notice that the dizzy is missing copper conductor going from primary screw to points, the thing is it looks like the points that are in there have been well used and how in the world did the pigtail from coil ever make contact with that primary screw? Oh well... any thoughts on the starter would be appreciated. Dan
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rong solenoid & never ran with distributor as shown.
 
Jmor...not sure about the solenoid but it fit two other 8n starters I have laying on the bench. Notice the holes in this starter do not straddle the center line... whatever solenoid we use will be rolled towards the back side of starter and will be darn near impossible to get screw in back hole without removing. Thanks Dan
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Obviously your two starters are different, as you noted.
The solenoid doesn't [i:4599f28218]have[/i:4599f28218] to be mounted on the starter.
Although that is the original position, it can be moved.
This one is mounted near where the original toolbox
was on a 12 volt converted 8N with a 9N starter.
The 9N starter in this case had no mounting holes for the solenoid.

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(quoted from post at 20:21:09 09/18/15) Jmor...not sure about the solenoid but it fit two other 8n starters I have laying on the bench. Notice the holes in this starter do not straddle the center line... whatever solenoid we use will be rolled towards the back side of starter and will be darn near impossible to get screw in back hole without removing. Thanks Dan
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asiest thing I see to do to make it work would be to alter the copper strap.
 
I would refill the hole in the copper strap. I made a strap once by smashing copper pipe flat,bend it. And drill holes in it.
 

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