Help with Site Use, and Starter for MT 372D.

[rzacc]

Greetings all. I am fairly new to this site, and would like to know how to 'Subscribe' to a specific topic or list. I dont see any instructions on the site. Thanks. Also, I have an old new-to-me MT372D that will not start. i believe the starter is dragging. What has been your experience with having them rebuilt, and is there a source for new ones? I found someon the net for almost $300! Does anyone have any other options?
When I did get the tractor running, it seemed to run fine. It blows a lot of black smoke while trying to start, but now it's not starting at all...just cranking. But it seems to be turning overslowly and the starter sounds rough.
Thanks in advance.
Ron

 

[oliver28472]

I have a 470 Satoh Buck and a Mitsubishi 1450, which is a grey 373. Have had good luck at having the starters rebuilt at a local shop, usually around $85-90 bucks. The starter might be the same one if not similar. Find a local starter/alternator shop.

 

[duwem]

Take the starter off and bench test it, does it spin fine there? If not needs a rebuld or replace. I see rebuild kits on ebay.

I think as soon as you post to a thread it suscribes, but dont know, dont spend a lot of time over here.

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

In the dark gray bar near the top of the thread there is a label called "thread tools". You can subscribe to the thread you are in using that.

 

[rzacc]

Thanks for the reply. I subscribed....we'll see how that works.
R

 

[rzacc]

Great, Thanks!

 

[modifyit]

Greetings all. I am fairly new to this site, and would like to know how to 'Subscribe' to a specific topic or list. I dont see any instructions on the site. Thanks. Also, I have an old new-to-me MT372D that will not start. i believe the starter is dragging. What has been your experience with having them rebuilt, and is there a source for new ones? I found someon the net for almost $300! Does anyone have any other options?
When I did get the tractor running, it seemed to run fine. It blows a lot of black smoke while trying to start, but now it's not starting at all...just cranking. But it seems to be turning overslowly and the starter sounds rough.
Thanks in advance.
Ron

I believe someone on this site had quite a list of parts for the Beaver that crossed with some of the Mitsubishi truck or auto parts. I know I found a starter solenoid that was a close enough match to fit the Beaver starter. If I remember correctly, I had to rotate it one bolt hole to line things up. It was a tight fit, but it worked great. There is a good chance that there is a Mitsubishi starter from a diesel truck or auto engine from some model that will bolt up or possibly require using the drive end cap from the original starter to match things up.

 

[justme23005]

I just replaced the starter on my 2 cylinder Beaver with one from a car. The listing is for 78-81 Dodge Colt, with a 2.6 & an Automatic trans. some of the part numbers that came up, were 16514, 16524, 16500. I've heard of some people switching the nose of their old starter onto the new one, but I didn't want to re use mine, because the bushing was shot. The new starter has threaded holes.. so I drilled the threads out, and ground the casing beside the holes a little, so there was room for the nut to turn. My starter cost $56 at auto zone.

 

[Alesandro]

I just replaced the starter on my 2 cylinder Beaver with one from a car. The listing is for 78-81 Dodge Colt, with a 2.6 & an Automatic trans.

I know this is an old thread but did you need to change out the drive gear from the 8 tooth Dodge colt drive gear to a 9 tooth drive gear?

Thanks for the help.

 

[justme23005]

No....

 

[Alesandro]

jsutme23005;

Thanks for the help, I can get a starter for a 1980 Dodge Colt, 2.6L auto transmission from my local Autozone for 53.99. Once again thanks for the help.

 

[justme23005]

No problem. Good luck.

 

[Bmbooker]

So you can confirm that this worked? Just want to be as certain as possible before I attempt it.

 

[Alesandro]

So you can confirm that this worked? Just want to be as certain as possible before I attempt it.

Using the 1980 Dodge Colt starter did not work for me. The bell housing (side with the gear) did not fit. I took the bell housing off the old starter and put on the new starter but the new starter body didn't have the cut out needed to get the nuts back on the studs to fasten the starter to the motor, I hope that makes sense. Bottom line it didn't work for my and I paid the $150 to just have the old starter rebuilt.

I'm not sure if I could have completely gutted the new starter and took the parts and installed them in to the old starter body. I wanted some I could depend on and the local automotive electrical shop is well known for quality so I just went that route. Once I got it back from being rebuilt, it worked great.

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[Datcatz]

NEW TO THE FORUM and new to owning an MT372D. As with MANY other folks...I too am having trouble with my starter on MT372D Diesel. It would not spin the motor fast enough to start. I took the starter off and took to local alternator shop. They said the brushes and all were good. The problem is with the clutch on the gear allowing it to spin. Does anyone know of a substitute for this part that will work? I am leery of the 8tooth Dodge colt starter for fear of damaging flywheel.

 

[HomesteadOC]

I think that starter is meant to work on the 370, maybe there was a change in bell housing? I know there have been 3 versions of the pistons for the KE70.

 

[Datcatz]

UPDATE: was able to get my starter "rebuilt" by local electrical shop. Wasn't crazy about what they did but it certainly helped my situation. They put a new solenoid which helped with a very intermittent issue with the starter not engaging. Then they disassembled and lubed all bushings and the "clutch" and it definitely spins faster now which help with starting. Also, just a note to fellow newbies, make sure the hydro level is not stuck int he UP position or it wont' stat at all as the hydro pump is still engaged. There is an adjustment for the lever that is supposed to tip it to the center position once the 3 point arm gets to the top of it's travel and mine is currently misadusted...on the list for fixes this weekend. Figure this might help someone else out along the way.