Tuesday, October 21, 2014

I went to the museum in October and got the starter Steve dropped off. The nose casting was oriented 180 degrees different from the Plymouth starter. I took it home and took the nose casting off and turned it 180 degrees and reattached it. I took the starter back to the museum and installed it in the engine. The train started fine. Because the old starter had gotten so hot I decided to check to see if there was some voltage applied to the starter motor after it was started. Sure enough the ignition switch was messed up and putting 12 volts on the starter even after the key switch was turned back to run. I put a disconnect switch in the line to the starter motor and that was a work around.