Do you have right-hand drive? The workshop manual talks about disconnecting
all that stuff, but I found it totally unnecessary on my left-hand drive 52
TD. As I remember, the only tricky part was having to slide it rearwards a
bit to where there is enough clearance between the frame and the exhaust
pipe for the starter to fall through.
While on the topic of starters, the teeth on my fly wheel are a bit on the
worn side. I'm thinking it might be beneficial to put a spacer (like some
paper gasket material) between the starter and the block. This would pull
the pinion gear a bit further into the flywheel teeth. Has anyone ever tried
this? (Would this make me a future DPO?)
By the way, why is the mg-t mail so sparse lately? Could it be people not
noticing the list added note at the end of our mail? It was killing all my
replies until I finally read it!
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@home.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Parker" <mulpark@intekom.co.za>
To: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: Starter motors & flywheels
> I have a M41G starter motor (reference number on the casing looks like
> 255378 with date 9/48) in my 1950 TD. This starter is a large unit which
> requires the exhaust front pipe, where it is attached to the manifold, to
be
> removed, and the steering column has to be disconnected from the pinion
> flange, in order to allow the starter to be removed upwards. It is too
large
> to remove downwards as it cannot fit between the chassis and the engine
> block/sump. I have had to remove it 3 times this year due to an
intermittent
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