Hey guys,
My wife inherited a '64 Thunderbird from her grandfather a few years ago and we've made the decsion to sell it as I do not really have the time or the money to finish fixing it, I wish I did though. It will be a few years before I can start fixing it up, but I know its condition will worsen as I do not really have a good place of storing it until then.
This is the car:
We had the car running, however it always started slowly. Like the starter didnt have enough torque to turn the fly wheel. However with a charged battery we could get it to start a number of times until last week. We had it running eariler in the day, but after working on it some we tryed to start it again but had no luck. I just heard clicking from the solenoid/contactor or perhaps the starter itself. We tried jumping it but it was still the same, still clicking. I replaced the solenoid, but that did not fix the problem.
This is the starter:
I've never seen the bendix on this starter before. As you know, Im sure, most starters have the bendix inside the housing and it pops out when starting a car. But it seems that this starter retracts toward the end of the shaft when the starter dis-engages from the flywheel. So it's basically opposite of the way starters are now.
My question is if the bendix can break and lock itself in the engaged position and never disengage from the flywheel? If thats the case, then it would cause the flywheel to never pick up enough speed to be able to operate properly. I looked around some part stores locally and none of them carry the bendix. Most had never seen a bendix like this.
I assume the starter is probably bad and I need to replace it. Is there somewhere, that you guys know of, that I can buy the whole thing as a assembly or where I can buy the bendix parts? Most part stores seem to have the starter in a wearhouse, just not the bendix.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks
My wife inherited a '64 Thunderbird from her grandfather a few years ago and we've made the decsion to sell it as I do not really have the time or the money to finish fixing it, I wish I did though. It will be a few years before I can start fixing it up, but I know its condition will worsen as I do not really have a good place of storing it until then.
This is the car:
We had the car running, however it always started slowly. Like the starter didnt have enough torque to turn the fly wheel. However with a charged battery we could get it to start a number of times until last week. We had it running eariler in the day, but after working on it some we tryed to start it again but had no luck. I just heard clicking from the solenoid/contactor or perhaps the starter itself. We tried jumping it but it was still the same, still clicking. I replaced the solenoid, but that did not fix the problem.
This is the starter:
I've never seen the bendix on this starter before. As you know, Im sure, most starters have the bendix inside the housing and it pops out when starting a car. But it seems that this starter retracts toward the end of the shaft when the starter dis-engages from the flywheel. So it's basically opposite of the way starters are now.
My question is if the bendix can break and lock itself in the engaged position and never disengage from the flywheel? If thats the case, then it would cause the flywheel to never pick up enough speed to be able to operate properly. I looked around some part stores locally and none of them carry the bendix. Most had never seen a bendix like this.
I assume the starter is probably bad and I need to replace it. Is there somewhere, that you guys know of, that I can buy the whole thing as a assembly or where I can buy the bendix parts? Most part stores seem to have the starter in a wearhouse, just not the bendix.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks
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