Packard Don wrote:
Would it have been any easier from underneath? I don’t recall having to struggle like that on my 1954 Patrician’s starter which has a huge solenoid that I thought was specific to the senior models. Unless it was changed for 1954, the juniors typically used a Bendix and had a small started relay (often mis-named as a solenoid) on top with good access around it for a long socket extension and universal socket..