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I had the same problem with my starter motor. I took it apart and I found out that two of the three brass bearing bushes had worn out, right down to the aluminium housing. Only the bendix bearing at the forward end was in reasonable condition, the rest was gone. Going to get new ones put in tomorrow...

Thank you so far for the pointers.
I will follow up and keep you posted on the proceedings.
Cheers...

Let me start with proper introductions: My name is Winfried and I live in Kortenhoef in Holland. I'm very, very close to 50 years, former marine engineer, and recently bought a Fordson Dexta (957E69727). For fun, but also for work now and then. The poor tracor has been maltreated a little bit, but t...