63 R1 starter

[63stick]

Have overhauled everything except the starter. When I open it up, one of the welded on brushes had rotted off. My starter is a MDU7025 12T. I had another prestolite that has the same body, but noticed when I opened it up, It has 4 field windings and the Avanti only has 3. Anybody have any ideas. Getting down to being able to fire it up soon.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

After a certain serial number '63 Avantis switched from a 3-pole starter to a 4-pole one.  What is your serial number?  The 4-pole starter was added by Studebaker to address the higher starting power needed by the 10.24 CR of the R1 engine.

I don't know whether parts will interchange between them or not.

--Dwight