My B and S 11 hp tractor starter motor spins clockwise instead of anti clockwise, please, what causes this?

Michael Pitfield, September 2008

It's impossible for the starter to rotate in rhe wrong direction unless you have connected the battery the wrong way round. If this is the case, the voltage regulator and/or alternator stator will be toast.

Are you sure it's wrong, and it's not just the Bendix drive that's stuck?

phil_saunders@bigfoot.com

Phil Saunders, September 2008