They are a complete pain in the a$$ to restore. I have done them on almost every car we have restored. The two hatch marks you see on the side of the cover are on both sides and that was used to hold the housing tight to the windings. I have had fairly good success by running a small but stout rod through the bolt holes on the end of the housing and gently tapping on alternating sides of the windings on the bottom to gently push the them out but real care must be taken. For starters you can bend the windings if you get too aggressive and also if not very careful you can break the brush end of the windings if the armature is not held making it useless. I have never been able to get any type of a puller to work so would love to see and hear how others have done it.
Before you remove the winding and armature assembly from the main housing you also need to cut the two wires. That is a whole other subject. LOL
I used to restore these for mail in customers but due to the intense labor I cannot do them economically for the customer and still make any money so we only do them on our full restorations.
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