Hi Bryan,
Congrats on getting the car back!!! You are right about the weather. You
couldn't have gotten it out on a worse day. Took me over two hours to make
it to the client site that was 30 miles away!
I've had great luck with the gear reduction starter. Turns over with no
problem, and is pretty quiet. Got mine from Mini Mania early last year on
sale for $150.
As for the Datsun tranny, there's no away around cutting the bellhousing.
You're gonna have to make a cut in there anyway. If you've already got the
kit and the tranny, put the new rear plate up against the tranny and you'll
see what I mean. The good thing is that the bellhousing is aluminum, so it
cuts pretty easy. If you need any help on getting the 5 speed in, let me
know. I got mine in over a couple of weekends.
Talk to you later!
Greg Gowins
'69 Sprite
Dublin, CA
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Bryan Vandiver
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 1:57 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: My baby's back! - Gear reduction starters
Hello everyone,
I finally got my bugeye back yesterday from it's 3-month stint back at the
body
shop! Of course it was raining, and I don't have the top fitted yet ;-)
Some of
you may remember, it had an unfortunate encounter with a Ford F150, only
4-days
after the Palo Alto British car show, after I had just finished my
restoration
:-(
In any case it's safe in my garage again, and ready to go:-)
I getting ready to do the Rivergate 5-speed conversion, and I was wondering
if
anyone has experience with one of the 'Gear Reduction' starters available??
I was thinking of getting one, so I can avoid cutting the bell housing on
the
new tranny to accommodate the 'stock' starter.
Thanks,
Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
San Jose, CA
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