'55 or later car starters are going to be 12 volt with a solenoid. Have
you converted the truck to 12 volt? If you are trying to run a 12 volt
starter with 6 volts I'd expect some issues.
The 6 volts might not trigger a 12 volt solenoid.
And its possible the added current draw at 6 volts could exceed what
something in the starter or solenoid can carry.
If you've converted to 12 volts though these are non-issues.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mervyn fenwick" <sj.fenwick@ntlworld.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:49 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] starter
i have a '48 fs3800 flat bed. the origional 216 went bad and i have replaced
it with a 235/6 from a '57 car. the starter moter worked to begin with . but
now just clonks and won't turn the engine over. i have replaced the solenoid
,but it still just clonks . on a bench test the starter works fine but on
the
truck it won't turn over. any ideas? also the serial no on the starter makes
it a '56 is this the same as a'57 ?vwould it fit the '57 flywheel ? or havbe
i
got big problems here?
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