The Model T starter motor packed up on Thursday, now she has a hand crank which works OK when it's cold, but it's bastard when it's warm and there is always the chance she'll back fire and break you arm
Here is the front of the starter motor :
Just need to remove the floor boards to reach the other end :
Here is the end of the starter bendix cover :
Eventually got the cover off after removing the four screws, two of them require the clutch pedal pushing in so that you can reach them :
Hard to see but the secondary gear was jammed at an angle :
Quick push with a screw driver freed it and gave it a whirl ?
It turned over fine but spat a shed load of oil out the bell housing
So rather than dismantle it completely, I put it all back together again and started the engine ( NB : You really need three hands to start the T anyway, so my phone was sat on the seat recording the sound if not the video )
She sputtered into life OK, but then when I went to start her again it was jammed again
Here are the bendix parts and tiny woodruff key that's so easy to lose :
The parts cleaned up :
The problem is the secondary ring is cocking sideways and jamming, will have to do some forum research to see what and how the ring is supposed to work
But seeing as it is still garage weather, I took the opportunity to modify the choke lever mechanism :
You had to hold it in the closed position for starting, no that easy when you have a hand advance and retard and a hand throttle. So I drilled the rivet out and replaced it with a bolt and some lock washers, it now holds in any position