R2500 Starter

[leekal]

Does anyone know of a substitute starter for the R2500? $350 exchange seems a bit steep for a starter. I took it to NAPA and they are supposed to get me a price on a rebuild, but they have had it for 4 days and haven't been able to get an estimate on rebuilding it yet. Not a good sign. The shop they sent it to said they couldn't find enough info on it yet. Half expect they will just sent it back.

Any help would be appreciated.

Lee

 

[oliver28472]

I take mine to a local rebuild shop. Has cost about $80-90. I think they only fixed what was wrong and did not do a complete rebuild. These starters can be pricey. Mine is a different model though a S-470.

 

[leekal]

Thanks Oliver,

I just checked with NAPA again and they still didn't have a price. I would be quite happy with anything close to $100.

 

[lens12]

I don't think you'll find one close to $100, other then if it needs a minor repair. This is an early 70's tractor & the starter probably was not used on many other machines making the availability of new parts scarce. My last price on a new one was over $1300. I should have a good used one, but may also be able to rebuild your starter.

 

[BTDT]

Park it on a hill, so when you get ready to use it, roll down hill and start. Might work until you get your starter problem resolved.

 

[Kernopelli]

Just had to replace the starter on my Mitsubishi MTE 2000D. I purchased it from Weitzel's D.C. Electric, Norwalk, Ohio 419-668-2844 (sells under the ebay store name Triodiode). Got a new starter for $179.00. About half of what I had been quoted other places. They carry a full line of starters, alternators etc for all makes and they have a full line of parts also for those that rebuild themselves. They may be able to help you out.

 

[BearKiller]

I should have a good used one, but may also be able to rebuild your starter.

I have the starter off my 1972 R2500 off and apart.

I need a set of brushes or a GOOD used starter or a starter that has good brushes that I can use the rest of my parts to make a good starter.

Thanks.

 

[mit]

A & T Parts & Rebuilders

eBay Store - Triodiode DC Electric And Tractor: Starters And Kits, Generators And Kits, Regulator, Rectifier,Stator

 

[BearKiller]

A & T Parts & Rebuilders

eBay Store - Triodiode DC Electric And Tractor: Starters And Kits, Generators And Kits, Regulator, Rectifier,Stator

Thanks for the links.

 

[srjones]

A few years back, I had the starter on my R1500 rebuilt. It came in at $200, but it was in *really* sad shape. Rebuilt, it's as good as new.

 

[BearKiller]

I have the starter off my 1972 R2500 off and apart.

I need a set of brushes or a GOOD used starter or a starter that has good brushes that I can use the rest of my parts to make a good starter.

Thanks.

Although it isn't back on the tractor yet, due to it raining a flood, I got it fixed and it works good when bench-tested.

It is a very long FRUSTRATING story.

The starter always worked fine, until the last three times I used it.

Twice, it acted just like a draggy battery; and, since the previous owner had supplied it with the smallest 12-volt battery known to man, and a Walmart one at that, I just figured it was indeed the battery.

The third and last time, even with my BIG jumper-cables and three-battery diesel truck to it, it would engage and barely wiggle the crank-shaft, then quit trying at all.

I pulled and dis-mantled the starter to find the two HOT brushes completely gone; just the springs and wires were all that was left.

The two NEGATIVE brushes look to be maybe half gone.

I diligently searched in vane for replacement brushes or another starter; all to no avail.

Then, on all the local advice, I took it to the starter shop, the closest and only one in several counties, forty miles away.

First trip = "come back at 3:00 and I'll have it fixed."

Second trip at 3:00 = still setting in the spot where I had left it --- un-touched.

I inquired about just selling me a set of too-large brushes and I would just make them fit myself = "leave it until next week and I will see what I can find."

Six days pass, so I call just to check progress = I have to explain all over just who I am and that they have had my starter all week = "call me tomorrow at 10:00 and I should have it."

Tomorrow at 10:00 = I call, then have to explain all over again the situation = "not been able to do any good" :ashamed:

Third and final trip = I go and get my starter, still setting un-touched where I had left it on trip number one.

At this point, I am remembering why I try to absolutely avoid involving anyone in any of my repairs as it almost always works out the same.


Back home, I am once again perusing the internet, clicking on anything that remotely resembles the brushes I need = a very time-consuming process, more frustrating when not all sellers provide the measurements.

Then, in desparation, I go into the shop and hunt up the used set of brushes that I had removed from one of our Dodge/Cummins starters.

BINGO!!!!!!!

The Cummins starter brushes are made identical to the ones in my Mitsubishi starter, only bigger in every dimension.

I picked the two that were most worn to be my guinea-pigs.

Maybe five minutes at my Harbor Freight 5-inch disc/belt bench-top sander yields me two very new looking starter brushes that fit the Mitsubishi starter like they were custom-made for it.

I'm getting excited now. :licking:

I solder the leads and re-assemble the starter.

I bench-test it with a battery and set of jumper-cables.

Everything works like new and I didn't spend a penny. :thumbsup:


I am still interested in a spare replacement starter to have on hand just in case.

Thanks everyone for your input.

 

[BearKiller]

Although it isn't back on the tractor yet, due to it raining a flood, I got it fixed and it works good when bench-tested.

I managed in between showers to get the starter back onto the tractor.

It cranks with authority. :thumbsup:

Starting RPM has surely doubled at the minimum.

Part of this increase in starting power can probably be contributed to me cleaning/shining all the solenoid contacts and plunger, along with polishing the commutator, plus the home-made brushes.


I have probably over-hauled three starters in my life, yet I fixed this rare case that the fifty-year-in-business starter-shop didn't seem to want to fool with, without spending a cent, if I don't count the three wasted trips to the shop and a bunch of phone-calls to same. :laughing:





I am still interested in a spare replacement starter to have on hand just in case.

Thanks everyone for your input.