Rebuild Starter - Need Brushes

[Shoman594]

The 94 would just click when i tried to start it yesterday. Checked the battery and it was good. Pulled apart the starter and it seems looks like 2 of the brushes are worn all the way down. Can i get a new brush assembly?

 

[Rob94]

Yes, you can. Call around to automotive electrical shops. In my area, there are a few shops that do generator/alternator rebuilds.

 

[Foxwulfe]

Easy

Ryan, I have used this part many times. Funny what a bad CPS does to a starter (at least to my old '92). Anyways, it is a brush and holder assembly that you need, from NAPA, part number ECHF516, price ~$26. It is usually in stock here, as NAPA caters to shop owners and this is not an idiot replacement job part. Most Ford electrial parts are standardized on the inside, with application-specific casing, so it is a common part. Use your AAA card to save 7% off that price; just ask them!

Other sources:
AutoZone lists Wells FX74, ~$23, special order.
Advance Auto lists Niehoff Ignition FF98A, ~$26, special order.

Make sure not to break the weak plastic starter solonoid housing taking off the leads. Clean, inspect, and **** busings/bearings and wear surfaces. Make sure the commutator (where the brushes ride) is clean, not overly worn, or otherwise bad. Although there is a proper way, I clean the commutator up with WD-40, clean the groves out with a pick or nail, and twist it with emry cloth and steel wool to virginize up the contact area. If you have the time and money, take the armature to an electrical motor shop and have the windings checked and the commutator turned.

If the armature is bad and non-usable, do not worry. Take a trip to the junkyard and pick up a Ford starter that looks similar, off of nearly any FoMoCo vehicle. Take apart and pirate the armature from that, assuming the drive gear will work on the SHO flywheel and the overall length is the same. I used a '90's ****** armature and field coil section in my '92 SHO starter successfully because my original parts were junk.

Side lesson: If your CPS is failing, replace it. Otherwise, you will soon need to replace your starter. If your starter is failing as a result of constant cycling trying to get your SHO to start with a bad CPS, do not hit the casing with a hammer in order to get the brushes to move and make valuable contact to start. Otherwise, you will be replacing parts you broke in the coil section.

Some pictures done by WJ Dijkstra that may help (from a 1.4l Ford Fiesta, but nearly like our SHO application!):

Any questions, just ask!

Justin

 

[SHOuSumthin]

give credit where its due

Justin, why no matter how much i help you i never hear a damn thing about me on this site....Pr*ck,... j/k.

 

[Stracey R]

Isn't it better just to get it rebuilt of just buy a new one with a lifetime warr?

 

[jelloslug]

If it's anything like my lifetime "rebuilt" alternator I'd just do it myself. It took 4 of them to get one that would last more than 3 weeks.

 

[Ishodu]

Total cost for me to over haul my starter was 45 dollars Cdn. New brushes, bushings, and drive. I can't even get anywhere near a rebuilt one for that price.

 

[Shoaz]

Foxwulfe, that looks like the old-style Gen1 starter. I don't know how different it would be for the GenII "beer can" starters, but they seem to fail often (although my 95 has the original starter in it, never had a problem).

 

[Ishodu]

We also have a planetary gear reduction in our starters as well.
Heres the guts of a 95 SHO starter.

 

[SHOuSumthin]

Fixed

Ohh by the way guys,, me and FoxWulfe got new brushes and problem was fix,, thanks for you advice..