Amazing starter performance increase due to this forum

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Kriegel Mishawaka Indiana on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 01:23 pm:

My 1926 roadster would barely turn over. So I bought a new battery, still poor

Had the starter rebuilt, still poor turn over

THEN I finally Read about 30 forum posts on starter problems

After replacing small 3 gauge 12 volt cables with 1/0 and polishing to bare metal every contact point from the ground strap to the starter bolt itself to a bright finish wow ! turns over fast. Morale of story, I wasted money but learned an important lesson.

Many of the connections were either painted, or corroded for grounding and the starter button insides were very tarnished


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Todd on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 11:05 pm:

Well done, thanks for getting back to the forum w/your good news.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ron Patterson-Nicholasville, Kentucky on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 11:49 pm:

Here is a simple way to trouble shoot a Model T with the problem Dave discovered and corrected.

application/pdf
Save-Milt Webb starter.pdf (27.7 k)

Ron the Coilman


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Kriegel Mishawaka Indiana on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 07:57 pm:

Thanks All, Ron your coils in this car are great. Now I am replacing all the wiring with new to make sure the power gets to the coils. ALso bought the new TR Wilson commutator. Looks real solid much stronger than the original Ford.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 01:36 am:

David's post is more proof that a T will do just fine on 6 volts.
It also impresses the peasants.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Wells on Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 09:00 am:

David, I can see you're on the way towards daily driver reliability with your Model T. The stock system is that good when it's set up right. The only exception I like to add is the excellent Fun Projects voltage regulator.


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