Re: IML: Starter in a '66 Coupe

["Klebert L. Hall" <swampyankee@xxxxxxx>]

>Subject: IML:
>From: "Chris \"Creesto\" Lynch" <creesto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Went to pick up my '66 Imperial Crown Coupe after the tranny was rebuilt,
>and it wouldn't start. Mechanic said perhaps the starter had  "a flat spot"
>What does this mean? He suggested if that was the case then eventually I
>would need to replace it. Now, my car is stock. And I'm guessing that a
>rebuilding the stock starter will cost more than a modern replacement. Is
>this a part I can rebuilt myself? What specifically might be the bad
>component within the starter?

    Rebuilding the starter will cost more than a modern replacement? Don't
you have any armature shops near where you live?
    The last time I had a starter rebuilt, it cost me 60 bucks, and it was
ready the next day. This was only six or seven years ago, so it shouldn't
cost that much more now...

      -Kle.




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