According to the Moss catalog, the starter was changed at TS50001, which
was about the 59 year. Check your comm # and you should be able to tell.
At 06:45 AM 9/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Good morning everyone,
>
>The starter bendix on my '58 TR3A seems to be getting a bit sticky.
>This morning it pretty much refused to spin out and engage the flywheel.
>I guess it's time to pull the started and see whats going on. I seem
>to recall from my earlier days that oil and grease shouldn't be used
>to lube the twisted spline that the bendix slides on since they can
>pick up dirt and stuff and cause the bendix to stick. Instead, it was
>best to use a dry lubricant like powdered graphite. What are other
>people using these days? What about the teflon based sprays?
>
>I think I need to nurse this starter along for as long as I can since
>I believe that it's one of the earlier round nose ones. From what
>I understand, rebuild kits and replacement starters aren't available
>and the alternative is to switch to one of the later ones which also
>means switching to a later transmission case. Is all this correct?
>Anyone know of any parts for earlier starters?
>
>Thanks for all the help so far,
>Drew
>
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>Drew Rogge
>drew@pixar.com
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