Re: Starter won't crank

Posted by HH56 On 2011/12/7 21:03:51

In addition to possibly the grounding issue, I'd also verify the condition of the brushes and if spring tension holding the brush against commutator is sufficient or is one of the holders binding.

There is always the possibility that one cell in the battery has given up. You may be able to read voltage across it but there could be no current capacity available behind the voltage. I don't recall if you mentioned whether the starter had been OK before but also don't forget that 6v systems generally hate the modern & usually too small size battery cables if they were changed.