31 Chevy AE starter switch

pbmorrison · 2026-03-21T01:38:36Z

I inherited a ’31 Chevy Independence that was last started within the past couple of years. I’m still pretty new to wrenching on cars, so I’ve been taking my time looking things over and cleaning things up. Our cousin mentioned that the car has always been a pain to start, so I began checking the basics. The leads look fine, but when I pulled the starter switch I noticed the copper contact was sitting a bit crooked, and there’s some scarring on the copper piece that makes direct contact with the starter body.My question is: should those scarred areas be replaced, or is it generally fine as long as the contact surface is still making a solid connection? Sorry, cant post pictures yet.

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Topic starter March 31, 2026 4:53 pm

@steve-d battery tested out OK, New battery cables on the way had to order them from batterycablesUSA.com, nothing local and looked like they can make them to speck and cheaper. Will try starting it up after I get the new cables.

Thanks for all the advice, on the current issue. good to have this resource.

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Topic starter April 3, 2026 3:12 pm

Got it running thanks for all the help, now we need to drive it and move to the next issue 🙂

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