1939 ford deluxe Starter Button Question
 

The starter button for my 1939 Ford Deluxe (6v positive ground) doesn't turn over on the first push, but will start on 2nd or 3rd push. Does anyone know, what would cause the hesitation in the start? The battery is fully charged.

Much appreciated.

Jim

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This works by grounding starter circut to energize. Make sure back of dash and button are making good contact. I'm sure others have more ideas.

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Jim,
I have the same problem from time to time with my 1940 Deluxe starter button. There have been some threads here on this problem. One culprit is that the button is merely grounding the wire so if you have a poor ground at the button that can be the problem. I’ve had good luck with carefully spraying some electrical contact cleaner around the front edge of the button. A small shot seems to clean the contacts enough to make them work. I thought it was a faulty starter at first but could get an instant response from the button on the starter solenoid on the firewall.
Hunt

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Jim, It sounds as if you have a repop starter button. They are junk 9/10 times. Seriously, they are that bad...

Even with NOS buttons, I add a soldered wire to the body of the button and run it to a nearby ground. On a fresh restoration, this is nearly imperative as there is so much paint everywhere.
On a "driver" it makes a world of difference in the speed at which the starter will spin.

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The hole in the dash gets a coat of rust on it. Remove the starter
button and take a small round file and clean the edge good you
should also clean the starter button. G.M.

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In my case, the Fahnestock Clip was not holding the wire tightly. I inserted a second, short piece of wire, and that firmed things up. A short nail would probably work too.

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thanks guys for your help problem solved thanks to you i hit the button 10 times she started every time.stay save thanks again jim s.

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Glad the simple fix worked. I had the same problem very frequently with reproduction starter button. Filed the hole and cleaned the tabs several times, to no avail. Bought a good used original on Ebay and have had no problems since. The repops are almost all crap.

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I bought a repro starter button, wouldn't go in the hole in the dash, I had just replaced the hole with one from a donor dash, wasn't going to mess up the hole, sent it back,put in a good used one,works fine, 38 conv. coupe