With winter coming on and all the talk of block heaters etc.

I had to recondition the start motor on a 220 block, the shaft was bent, and was regularily wearing out the copper bearings at each end of the shaft, causing starting problems when the thing was warm!

Anyway I got a tip from another forum, try a nine volt.

Took the number of the startmotor, well actually the whole casing, down to the local parts shop and they ordered the part for me. That is the shaft with all the windings on it.

Since then, on the rare occassion that I get to hear the start motor running before the motor kicks in, it sounds like a petrol engine turning over.

The price for the part?, about $50 US.

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