Starter Motor: Testing and Inspection

1. Place the starter motor in a vise equipped with soft jaws and connect a fully-charged 12 volt battery to starter motor as follows:
2. Connect a test ammeter (100 ampere scale) and carbon pile rheostat in series between the positive battery terminal and starter motor terminal.
3. Connect a voltmeter (15 volt scale) across the starter motor.
4. Rotate carbon pile to full-resistance position.
5. Connect the battery cable from the negative battery terminal to the starter motor body.
6. Adjust the rheostat until the battery voltage shown by the voltmeter is 11 volts.
7. Confirm that the maximum amperage is within the specifications and that the starter motor turns smoothly and freely.

Standard value: 90 A or less