"He told me my starter is 6 volt.  It worked perfectly in my car.  He told me my starter would work fine, but I  should use 12 volt cables to increase the voltage drop to the starter."

... hmmpf ...

Now that is a good idea. Will prevent the 6V starter from drawing too much juice.

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Thats a good question Phil. I don't know what effect using the larger cables has. But I ran a 6V starter in a 12V system with the smaller 12V cables for years without any issue.

This post brings up a question from me.  My 55 TBird was a 6 volt car from the factory.  It was switch over to 12 volts sometime in the past.  When I rebuilt my engine I had the starter and generator rebuilt by a local.  He knows what he is doing.  He told me my starter is 6 volt.  It worked perfectly in my car.  He told me my starter would work fine, but I  should use 12 volt cables to increase the voltage drop to the starter.  I never noticed any of the cables heating up and the 6 volt starter worked well. Anything I should be aware of?

Yes it runs about half an hour with a breake in additive from Lucas.

Does it stay running after you pull start it? If a new rebuild you should run it at about 2000rpm for 20 minutes or so. Then shut it off and try the starter.




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Sorry my late answer, this is the Time different to Europe.
No hot Cables or starter
The cable from Battery + to starter means to be clear of the starter Solid.
The engine is Running. By towing the car at 3 Gear the engine Starts rush
I Think the Force needed turning the engine by hand is ok. Nearly 60 nm with sparks.

He may be saying that he ran a cable from + (really ground in a pos ground system) to the starter mounting bolt.

With the starter already replaced but not confirmed that it is the proper 6V starter and not a 12 V look alike, I would be looking for hot cables and connections.

If no hot spots are found suspect the battery

6volt is positive ground. Also make sure your ground connections are clean to bare metal under them. Paint is a insulator.

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This should help- https://www.aa1car.com/library/2004/ic120434.htm

You have to adjust for a 6V System (Shop Manual)

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MIT3.  In your initial posting, in the last sentence of the first paragraph, you said . . .
Unfortunately the same low rotation like the old starter does. I installed a cable from battery + to the starter, noanges.

With a Ford 6 volt set-up, isn't the chassis hooked-up as positive ground?  You indicated that you installed a cable from the battery + to the starter.
That said, I don't understand what you meant by 'noanges'.

Not much experience with 6 volt systems, but that jumped out at me . . . 


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