I always thought that the starters were originally supplied with a cover
(hard rubber I think) but the cover tended to be removed the first time the
starter needed service and they were rarely ever replaced.
Tuck Southworth
>From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
>Reply-To: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
>To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: Do MGB's have starter drive covers?
>Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:05:50 -0700
>
>No, it just hangs out there and catches rocks...
>
>on 8/21/02 9:04 PM, F. J. MacFarlane at n5bgy@flash.net wrote:
>
> > On the early MGB's with the inertia-engaged (sometimes called
> > "Bendix-drive") Lucas M418 starter, is there a cover for the starter
>drive
> > assembly that sticks out of the rear of the bellhousing? My 1967 Anglia
> > 123E had a drawn sheet metal can that fit into the (cast iron!)
>bellhousing,
> > as an example, but the 1967 MGB I now own has none. The drive is
>exposed
> > under the trans tunnel to road dirt, etc., so I figure BMC must have fit
>a
> > cover of some sort, and it's just missing from my B. Thanks in advance.
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