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"Engine turns=C2=A0freely by hand even with the spark plugs in", sounds li=
ke a separate issue than the starter motor not engaging the ring gear.=0A=0A=
Rye=0A=0A=0AOn Feb 17, 2016, at 02:26 PM, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:=0A=0A=
=0AQuestion: were there different gear ratios on the ring gear? Reason I a=
sk, while I had the OD tranny out, I replaced the flywheel with a freshly =
machined one. It had a somewhat better condition ring gear already bolted =
on. I don't know the year of production of the replacement flywheel. Bolte=
d the same starter back in, but when I try to start the engine, the starte=
r clicks and whirrs, but doesn't engage. Jumped it with a good battery, se=
ems to be a strong electrical current going in. Engine turns freely by han=
d even with the spark plugs still in.=0A=0AThoughts?=0A=0ATerry Smith, '59=
TR3A TS 58667=0ANew Hampshire where in a two day period it went from minu=
s 20 degrees to in the 50's. Gotta love New England!=0A=0A** triumphs@auto=
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ds like a separate issue than the starter motor not engaging the ring gear=
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ss=3D"_stretch"><span class=3D"body-text-content"><br>Question: were there=
different gear ratios on the ring gear? Reason I ask, while I had the OD =
tranny out, I replaced the flywheel with a freshly machined one. It had a =
somewhat better condition ring gear already bolted on. I don't know the ye=
ar of production of the replacement flywheel. Bolted the same starter back=
in, but when I try to start the engine, the starter clicks and whirrs, bu=
t doesn't engage. Jumped it with a good battery, seems to be a strong elec=
trical current going in. Engine turns freely by hand even with the spark p=
lugs still in.<br><br>Thoughts?<br><br>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667<br>N=
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