Ford Model 1000 starter help needed.

[F1000]

Good Day All,

I have looked around the internet and found just enough information to confirm I have no idea what im doing.

I had a no crank situation, just a click. I tried placing a screwdriver across the two largest connections on the silinoid and got a click once. Tried again and nothing. Tried from the small wire to each of the large connections and nothing. The battery is charged. I get power to the small wire at the silinoid when I turn the key to crank. I have power at one of the large connections on the silinoid all the time (it comes stright from the battery).

I think its an issue with the starter or the siliniod. What do you guys think? How do I determine which is bad?
Can/should I dissassemble starter and try to repair? Is it repairable or must I replace.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[EdGooding]

Good Day All,

I have looked around the internet and found just enough information to confirm I have no idea what im doing.

I had a no crank situation, just a click. I tried placing a screwdriver across the two largest connections on the silinoid and got a click once. Tried again and nothing. Tried from the small wire to each of the large connections and nothing. The battery is charged. I get power to the small wire at the silinoid when I turn the key to crank. I have power at one of the large connections on the silinoid all the time (it comes stright from the battery).

I think its an issue with the starter or the siliniod. What do you guys think? How do I determine which is bad?
Can/should I dissassemble starter and try to repair? Is it repairable or must I replace.
Any help would be appreciated.

The battery may be charged (showing 12v on your voltmeter), but may not have enough starting amps available to turn over your engine. You need to load test your battery before getting into other things. You can buy one of these:

Or, take your battery to any auto parts store and they will test it for you.

 

[careyo63]

Battery CCA. is the Cold Cranking AMPs.. I get a battery on my Diesel as high As I can. I can Barely fit in the Tractor. 850ccr. 2cyl. and you can tell a difference with it in cold weather. My meter doesn't test for amps. either. Auto parts store will.

 

[AntiqueIron]

Good Day All,

I have looked around the internet and found just enough information to confirm I have no idea what im doing.

I had a no crank situation, just a click. I tried placing a screwdriver across the two largest connections on the silinoid and got a click once. Tried again and nothing. Tried from the small wire to each of the large connections and nothing. The battery is charged. I get power to the small wire at the silinoid when I turn the key to crank. I have power at one of the large connections on the silinoid all the time (it comes stright from the battery).

I think its an issue with the starter or the siliniod. What do you guys think? How do I determine which is bad?
Can/should I dissassemble starter and try to repair? Is it repairable or must I replace.
Any help would be appreciated.

Do you have a 12v test light? Ground one end and hook the other to the “outbound” terminal on the solenoid. Turn the key. If it lights the light, your solenoid is functioning correctly. If not your solenoid would be bad seeing as it is getting power to the coil.

 

[flyerdan]

First, make sure that the battery is charged, and the terminals and cable ends are clean, including the ground cable to frame. If all that is ok, chances are it's the solenoid; they will gum up from carbon arcing and act like that. If it comes apart, you can clean the plunger with a wire wheel, and if it has copper bolts that the battery cable attaches to, they are probably square bolts that can be carefully tapped out of the bakelite housing and cleaned up. There will probably be some noticeable erosion where the plunger contacts them, reinstall them so the uneroded part faces inward and it should act like a new starter again.

 

[Roadworthy]

Measure your charged battery voltage - it should be 12.6 or above. Have somebody attempt to crank the tractor while you monitor the battery voltage. It may drop to eleven or so. If it drops to six or eight you've found your problem - the battery. Of course you should have cleaned terminals and connections by this point, ensuring all connections are properly tightened and don't neglect the frame ground.

 

[F1000]

Thanks for the comments,
Ed, I had already used one of those testers and it showed good as expected since the battery was bought just last year.

I copy and pasted the rest of the comments on to a word document and will go through them in the next day or two as the tractor is at another location (it belongs to a widowed neighbor) who uses it to cut her 6 acre field.

Again thank you all and I will let you know what I come up with.

Trying to add a few photos but get a red document icon with folded edge with one the other comes up as a photo with insert.