I have owned my 50 commander Starlight cp for 18 yrs and have always had starter problems. Starter would barely turn the engine over but eventually it would always start. Had it looked at by a very reputable shop several times, replaced cables, even went so far as to have four fields installed in the Delco starter. When I used the 12 volt jumper box it still didn't turn It over as it should. It was suggested I find a 47-49 autolite starter, same problem. Then I recently took the starter off my 37 dictator, spun the motor over as it should. It was noted that Stephen Allen recommended turning .003 off the OD of the armature. Next I checked the run out of the Autolite armature and found it to have a total run out of .012, now I was on to something. So then I took the Delco starter off the car and found the same thing. Scoured my inventory of starters and found another 6 volt Delco starter, removed the armature and checked the run out, it was only out by a couple thousands. Reassembled the starter and installed it. Motor now turned over as it should, another long term problem solved. If there is an obscure problem it always seems to show up on one of my cars, isn't it great to be lucky
Jerry Kurtz
Jerry Kurtz
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