Blue truck (1984 bj60, 12v with 3b, 460k km) was seeing intermittent start. Fix was to bang on starter with a pipe but this became less reliable within a month.
Wife needs truck for some hauling and wants it now. Reading on here there's all sorts of solutions and by crossing my fingers I determine "its probably just contacts." Luckily I was under time pressure so drove it to Romaine Electric and explained my wife was in a hurry. They called back in the afternoon with bad news: burns on internal wiring, one of the brush holders was cracked off and everything inside was filthy. Armature was still good. Said it needed more than the quick and dirty so I authorized them to do what they thought it needed.
Picked up next day and damage with tax was $220. Paint is still tacky.
Just installed and wow it turns over quick. Before *if* it turned it was at 1.5hz, now its like 5hz. I kept trying to fix the slow turnover by looking for a bad contact but I guess that wasn't it. Now the thing starts like a corolla.
Sorry no internal pics but before and after from the outside:
Wife needs truck for some hauling and wants it now. Reading on here there's all sorts of solutions and by crossing my fingers I determine "its probably just contacts." Luckily I was under time pressure so drove it to Romaine Electric and explained my wife was in a hurry. They called back in the afternoon with bad news: burns on internal wiring, one of the brush holders was cracked off and everything inside was filthy. Armature was still good. Said it needed more than the quick and dirty so I authorized them to do what they thought it needed.
Picked up next day and damage with tax was $220. Paint is still tacky.
Just installed and wow it turns over quick. Before *if* it turned it was at 1.5hz, now its like 5hz. I kept trying to fix the slow turnover by looking for a bad contact but I guess that wasn't it. Now the thing starts like a corolla.
Sorry no internal pics but before and after from the outside:
