Jack,
Thanks for the note.
In my investigations I heard that it is not uncommon to cut a hole in the
bell housing to adapt the newer style starter to the oler style bell
housing. The critical element is the ring gear. If the ring gear is
bolted on, then you need the newer style starter. If the ring gear is
compressed on, you need the older "bullet style" starter. You can tell
by looking in the hole the starter goes into. If you have a pressed on
ring gear, you have 2 choices. 1. Replace the flywheel and ring gear, 2.
get a bullet nose stater rebuilt. If you put the new stater from Moss on
with the wrong ring gear, you will end up with a bell housing full of metal
filings.
Good luck with your projects, you will be a mechanic before you are done.
Bob
>Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 06:04:49 -0400
>From: Jack McCarrick <jmccarr@ibm.net>
>Reply-To: jmccarr@ibm.net
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>To: "Kinderlehrer's" <kinderlehrer@mindspring.com>
>Subject: TR3 Starters
>
>Bob,
>Just thought I'd drop you a note to say your not alone on the starter
>adventure. I've had my '60 TR3A about a month. I'm hoping to have it
>revived in a year or so. The previous owner on this one for some reason
>cut the bendix cover out of the bellhousing. Fortunately the car came
>with two other bell housing leaving me to believe they spent some time
>in the transmission. Based on the sediment in the fuel bowl and exhaust
>manifold I know they weren't in the engine. My guess is the engine
>has not run in atleast 5-6 years. On the good side the crank still
>turns freely.
>
>The starter was lucas but looks like it might have been substituted from
>some other vehicle. I'm hoping the Bentley spare parts guide will shed
>some light on this puzzle when it is finally available again. (Bentley
>US said 90-120 days).
>
>Internally it (the starter) was a rust bucket. I cleaned the rust out
>and got it to spin but not enough to engage. I opted to try the Moss
>Catalog replacement (modern) starter, which I'll mount in the next week
>or two. I'll keep the other starter and if I can determine it's correct
>have it rebuilt. I want the car as a driver but will probably stay
>close to original on most things that don't affect dependability.
>
>As a mechanic I'm a novice, but having fun a lot of fun. My
>brother-in-law has been restoring cars for about 20 years so I have his
>number on speed dial.
>
>Jack McCarrick
>TR3A 70047
>
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