ramtough

I have a resistor in for the coil. I will check the power with a volt meter before taking the starter apart. The 6v starter has worked great up until a couple days ago! The truck started every time in less than 5 seconds

Awesome thanks Merle! No I don't have a manual, where is a good place to buy one?

Sorry I meant power to the starter and it will not spin. Thanks Jeff I will start there before looking. I suppose I can find a number on the starter also. Has anyone look inside the starters with the mechanical start assembly. What should I be looking for that could be causing this problem. Maybe it's best to just tackle it hands on and see what I can find wrong

I am just wondering about the distributor and coil for when then time comes to change it. As for the mechanical starter, I think it has seen it's day. The truck ran fine a week ago and now will not start. There is power to the starter as well but still won't start. I'm inspecting it this weekend hopefully to see if maybe the actual mechanism that connects power to the starter is broken or dirty or whatever it may be.

I am fairly new to this forum so maybe I wasn't looking in the right places but I will post anyways. I have a 1948 FM1 fargo. I am looking to switch the starter over as well as the coil and distributor. I am lost on how to find a starter that works with the foot push start lever. As far as the coil goes I'm sure any universal coil will do? I have converted the truck to 12v already. The distributor has me stumped however. I am wondering what replacement works in the flathead 6 because doesn't the distributor have to spin half the speed of the motor? So I am wondering if any universal cap and rotor will work? Any feedback is greatly appreciated