Below is a website with instructions for converting a starter motor for reverse operation. You may already have found these but just in case here they are.
"Converting car starter motors for your robot" http://homepages.which.net/~paul.hills/Motors/Starters/Starters.html See also, the website below. "The Selection, Connection, Reversing and Repair of Electric Motors" by Robert W. Lamparter http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/elec-mtr/elec-mtr.html -John Elliott (Seattle) >3a. [RCSE] (No subject header) > Posted by: "Rick Bothell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Several years back I saw that someone knew how to reverse the >direction of the Ford Long Shaft motor. I want to run one >forward and reverse from two pushbutton switches. 1) How do I >reverse it? 2) How do I wire it so I can go forward and >reverse? In case you think reversing the polarity at the >battery will reverse a FLS motor, it won't. It will blow the >diode in the newer type solenoid though. Done that. Thanks for >any info. Rick >Rick Bothell www.handsfreeretriever.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format