Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie

Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/4/10 22:48:05

I did more tests on the starter. The solenoid tests fine. I pulled the cover off the back of the starter and examined the brushes and commutator. The commutator appears to have a couple burn marks, brushes are worn but there is still a good amount left on both. I spun the commutator by hand, then tried the starter again. It worked immediately. My suspicion is that the springs aren't pushing the brushes hard enough. Can I change out the brushes without having to pull the whole starter?

A friend of mine made up a simple plate adapter for manifold vacuum port. It is similar enough to the original. I hooked up all the vacuum lines but couldn't test due to pouring rain all day.

The car originally had a hard line all the way around the back of the engine, behind the starter, and over to the fuel pump. It is large and complicated, and really needs the engine out of the car to do all the bends. So I took the easy way out and put a hard line at either end, then connected with flexible line between the two. Not 100% correct, but with the A/C modification I am a long ways from 100% correct.

-Kevin

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