Projects 59A Starter Weak as Hell

After reading your first post again, it seems you are trying to start/get the engine to crank, outside of the Model A. That poses another problem, what you’ll want to do is add a relay in, wire it it with a momentary switch, this way you can securely attach cables from the battery to the relay to the starter. Same for the ground/hot you’ll attach to the engine.

Sort of a poor man’s run stand.

 

so I need copper cables, 4 awg or 1 awg are you recommending?

 

If you have to go buy do not have
#2 awg copper or Tin copper .
Me I would use 1 or 00,
Off top of my head would be good for
6 - 10 ft with 6 v ,, The longger the cable wire's Higher awg size wire cable needs
& a Ground should be same size AWG .
And clean for good cone tack ..
You can look all this up , do not trust just one two reads ,
& A I 60% wrong ,,
Older do***entation older books points
Out Recommendations and what should be use more than modern info .
Also @JumboJalopy with the 1 or 00
On 12v starter will really spin over fast ,
But a 6 v need's correct cable's & connections size .

 

Yea the engine is sitting on a tire in my friends garage right now, we wanna make sure its not a boat anchor before we go through the trouble of tracking down a transmission and buying the engine mount kit to weld into the A frame

 

Hey guys, just another update. We had the starter rebuilt, it was $125 and it came back in a day, it looks good, even painted, and has a 1 year warranty. We will maybe test it tomorrow or sometime this week and let you guys know what happens.