The truck starters for manual transmissions had foot pedal switches.
Trucks with autos and, I think, cars, had solenoid starters. I
believe the ring gears are different.
BTW, this is a 12 volt starter and probably won't work well on 6
volts. I'm assuming the truck has been converted to 12 volts.
If the starter clunks, you may have a wiring problem, like a corroded
battery cable. I would start by measuring voltage between the battery
cable terminal at the starter and somewhere on the block. You should
have 12 volts or more with the engine off. When you try to start
the truck, the voltage shouldn't drop below 8 or 9 volts. If it
does, check the positive and ground connections and check the cables.
You could also have a weak battery.
If the voltage stays up, you have a problem in the starter or the
solenoid, or a bad battery ground cable.
Hope this helps.
Bruce K
57 3200
Mt. Iron, MN
At Thursday, 10 July 2003, you wrote:
>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?
>
>[demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type image/gif which had
a name
>of IMSTP.gif]
>
>[demime 0.99d.1 removed an attachment of type Image/gif which had
a name
>of BackGrnd.gif]
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
===================================================================
EASY and FREE access to your email anywhere: http://Mailreader.com/
===================================================================
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
|