Engine Starters
This page is our best effort to date (it is constantly being updated as new information is acquired) on replacement engine starters for the Lincoln SA-200 welder and other Continental F-162, F-163, and L-200 engines. If you visit your local Lincoln dealer, you will no doubt be surprised to find that they know very little about replacement starters for the SA-200 Pipeliners! Lincoln, up until the 1990's, did a very poor job of documenting outsourced parts for the SA-200 welders.
This page contains starter information on starters for the Continental engines. Lincoln originally used the F-162 and F-163 engines. They changed to the Continental TM-27, and now use the GM 3.0 in the G-200.
Lincoln purchased a "long block" engine (an assembled engine with head, manifold, water pump, and oil pan). They added their own bell housing, flywheel (with ring gear), carburetor, air cleaner, governor, ignition, starter, and electrical system. The original information on what items they added, who made them, and where they were purchased, may or may not be available!
We offer the information on this page as a guide. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information; it is simply our best effort to date. If you find a error please contact us, so we may correct the information. Because of the uncertainty of the information and configurations of the machines, Weldmart Online cannot be responsible for the selection of the correct starter for your machine. We will send you what you order.
NOTE: Weldmart-OnlineSELLS NEW (WHEN AVAILABLE) AND REBUILT STARTERS FOR THE SA-200 WELDER. WE MAY REQUIRE A CORE BECAUSE MANY OF THE OLDER STARTER PARTS ARE BE COMING VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN. PLEASE CALL US AT 800-460-6474 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO PLACE AN ORDER.
-
L-4334: The best we can figure, the original 6 volt starter used on the F-162 engine was a Delco starter with a starter solenoid mounted on the starter. If you convert your system from 6 volts to 12 volts, this starter will function normally-just spin faster! We believe that at code 4815 Lincoln changed the SA-200 from 6 volts to 12 volt electrical systems. We have seen the L-4334 starter on S-models (short-hood) and maybe (we could have been hallucinating) some very early K-6090's. We offer this starter rebuilt or we can normally rebuild yours.
NOTE: There seems to be two versions of this starter, we are not sure. Some models used a metal "spacer" (P/N:S8073) and some did not. At this time, Lincoln cannot tell us the difference!
The L-4334 is 2.870" from the edge of the mounting flange to the end of the starter "nose". The outside diameter of the "nose" is 3.25".
-
L-3924: The SA-200 welder with an L-200 engine (made in the early 1960's) uses starter P/N: L-3924. The best information we have to date says that this starter was used on code numbers 7167 thru 7242. We offer this starter rebuilt or we can normally rebuild yours.
-
L-4718: The best information we have to date says that this starter was used on code numbers 7276 thru 9530 used starter P/N: L-4718. This starter was manufactured by Delco and has a flat machined side (the side that goes next to the block). FYI, this starter was used on the SA-250-F-163, SA-300-F163, and some SAE-300-F163 with the Continental F226/227. We offer this starter rebuilt or we can normally rebuild yours. If you need more information contact us, the numbers are at the bottom of this page.
-
RTS-0376: This is the typical starter mount for code numbers 9530 and above manufactured in Canada, note these were the last units made with the Continental F-163 engine. This starter is known as a "high mount" starter! We offer this starter rebuilt (P/N: RTS-0376) or we can normally rebuild yours.
