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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: Starter
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rfbuff on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 05:25 pm:

How hard is it to install a starter on 1914 touring


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tony Bowker on Monday, August 11, 2014 - 07:49 pm:

You have to change the flywheel and the hogs head. Not easy but it is doable.
I prefer to suggest you find a starter engine and save the original so the vehicle can be restored to the way it was originally.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dan Killecut on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 03:07 pm:

You also have to cut a little wood out of the firewall for the starter to fit.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Georgetown TX on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:00 am:

You will have to remove the engine from the car and disassemble the transmission in order to install a later flywheel that is machined to accept a starter ring gear.

If the magneto coil ring assembly is an original double stack it will clear a starter with no modifications. If it is the early oval coil ring assembly it will need to be notched for the starter shaft or replaced with a 1919 - later unit.


A starter is nice if you stall the car in the middle of a busy intersection. But the girls will be more impressed by how easy your car starts using the crank.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Martin Vowell, Sylmar, CA on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 07:46 am:

Getting tried cranking the car? Hell I've got a starter and never use it. My car is a 22 and that's because nobody expects you to hop in the car and stomp on a starter. Everybody and their mother's uncle wants to see somebody crank a Model T Ford to start it...so I always do.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:04 am:

If you want a generator to keep the battery charged, you'll have to change the engine to 1919 or later.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:26 am:

Having two non-starter cars, I couldn't agree more with "how cool" it is to crank 'em. However, my "friend" Arthur Eyetis is starting to pursuade me to put in a starter in at least one of 'em!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 08:27 am:

If i have read right your new to this 1914? If the car is tuned right starting effort should not be worth the trouble of adding a self commencer.If you want or need a self commencer consider a early Dayton starter/gennerator combo like Jack Putnam uses!! Bud.


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