Daren Stone writes
>Spridgetly-speaking, the hardest thing bout
getting into a starter is disassembling the bendix (the
gear drive). On this model starter (Lucas 35G, stamped
on the side of the main body), you must compress a
*very* large spring, which I assume, is there to absorb
the shock of the starter gear slamming into the flywheel
ring gear.
NO KIDDING!! I had a dead starter, and another starter which kindda worked on
the floor, but had the ends of the ears broken off on on the mounting plate.
After fighting with the Bendix, I said screw it and got a rebuilt one from
Ron Hirabayashi in Mpls. I told Ron he could have both cores. "They won't
take the one with the broken ears anyway", he said. I took it home and
Bridget's new owner probably still has it.
BTW, Daren, Mark Baker has mailed your RIGHT LINEs now.
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