Shibaura SD 1643 starting trouble

[mitch becton]

your starter is called direct drive and came on the tractor from factory it has a cranking rating 1.4 or 1.8 kw the gear reducted starter has approximately the same cranking power except it spins from a series of planetary gears which consist of three small gears being spun by a large gear which creates approximately double the cranking power just by design. you mention a shop in auburn what state are you in

 

[pohorsky]

California, just about a half hour northeast of Sacramento.

 

[mitch becton]

ok try them they are a good shop they should be able to get gear reduction unit also recently had to build a replacement alternator for same tractor it is almost impossible to find it but we came up with unit that works repost what happens

 

[pohorsky]

The only place I have found for some of the parts are Just Tractor Parts outside Los Angeles. If you know of anywhere I can get a manual or any paperwork on this tractor, let me know.

 

[pohorsky]

The starter had two problems, three really. It is a gear reduction starter, but the label on the starter is the wrong model. Both the clutch and the solenoid are bad so tomorrow he'll let me know prices. It should be around $100.

 

[mitch becton]

if the repairs are about $100.00 that is very good what was the correct starter number or did they know

 

[pohorsky]

Yes, parts and labor are around 100 including the new solenoid. He said the solenoid is 30, the clutch to around 30, all told 100 to fix it. I believe it was something like an s114-256. It was stamped on the body. Apparently a lot of people who do the grey market tractors just grab a sticker from the sticker bin and slap in on the starter. He had seen it done many times before.

 

[pohorsky]

Picked up the starter this morning and put her in this afternoon and she runs like a champ, or at least as good as she did before! I assume the whirling sound was from the bad clutch. Thanks for the help.