Re: [MV] 24V MB Starter

Todd Paisley (paisley@erols.com)
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:01:22 -0500

>Until recently, we had a 24 APU at the airport used to start the big
>radial engine a/c. Due to very little demand and some maintenance
>requirements, it was traded off for something else. It was a WWII era
>APU and had a Willys L134 engine. The starter on it was 24V so they are
>available.....I just don't know where. We had it rebuilt locally a few
>years back when it went out. Would it be possible to take it to a
>rebuild shop and have them build it back 24V rather than 6v?

There was a 24V starter for the MB. It was part number A-17464. It was a
Auto-Lite MBW-05. (Generator for it was Auto-Lite GCF-0101A) It was
designed for a MB variant for the Navy in late 1945.

The generator you had probably was a AMCO unit.

Todd Paisley

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