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Old 03-19-2003 | 06:47 AM
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Default Home made starter

I have one made from a Toyota but any starter from a small car that two bolts go all the way through will work fine, Take two pieces of aluminum or? 1/8"or a little less would be fine3 1/2" x 10", and draw a center line running lengthwise. Anyway take two wooden dowels or something similar for handles and hold them in your hands one on each side of the starter, space them wide enough from the starter for your fingers to clear a bit. Have someone measure the distance from center to center of the handles. make markes on the aluminum that width on the center line. Then take and measure the distance between the two bolts (that go all the way through the starter) and mark them centered between the handle marks. MAKE SURE that the contacts for the electrical wires will be out of your way when using the starter, this means the marks will most not likely line up on the center line but the starter will be. drill the holes, take the bolts out of the starter and put them through the first piece of aluminum (or whatever matterial, even Hardwood but thin) through the starter , thaen through the second piece and secure. put the handles on the same. then hold the starter in your hands like you were going to use it BUT put your right thumb up on the aluminum, this is where you mount the switch (a momentary starter push button type) make a box just big enough for a tractor, mower type battery to go on 1 side and the starter on the other side (it will balance that way when you carry it) mount a silinoid on the box next to the battery add 4-5 foot of proper wire and voila! whew I hope all this wrighting helped because my fingers and back are burning. OH YA you will have to buy the size cup and rubber you want then thread the starter or the cup the correct size and put a lock nut inside for safety. Mike