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How much oil is my starter supposed to hold? What kind of oil is it and if I go buy some, do I find it next to the ....starter fluid?rofl
Ether way, that big o ring is missing on my starters too so we need a part number alternative. I thought it didn't matter on the asphalt queens but it would...
Starter colors
Yes! We'd need some of the older boys to peel back the years to see if they remember what color the original starters were. There may have been inconsistencies too with different plants manufacturing similar parts, they may not have had a paint spec to follow.
I have both black...
Starters and Generators
I was visiting a collector that had a large fleet of deuces, jeeps, Bedfords, trailers and several acres of storage. He's also rebuilt most of this stuff so likes to collect spares. You've got a sharp eye to pick a different starter out of the G749 shed because that was...
G749 starter break-down
That comes out of the ORD 9 SNL G749 Department of the Army Supply Manual I pulled out of Portrayal Press. It's 784 pages and gives up info on every part on the G749.
Met with the G749 Guru today and he said he's never rebuilt one but he's had them a part, cleaned them...
G749 starter
I saw the "Remove Fender" info in the TM when I did my first starter and had a chuckle. It should say "Prepare a small box of bandaids" and bleed a little. Ended up cutting a 3/4" wrench in half to make it easier to reach the cable nut but it's an easy job to R&R a starter without...
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