My 80 B has a hard rubber cover on the starter.
Unfortunately, it tends to vibrate off. I push it back on
as best that I can just to keep the road dirt off/out.
Gene Balinski
80 B
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:41:51 -0400
"Tuck Southworth" <tsouthworth70@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I always thought that the starters were originally
> supplied with a cover
> (hard rubber I think) but the cover tended to be removed
> the first time the
> starter needed service and they were rarely ever
> replaced.
>
> Tuck Southworth
>
>
> >From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
> >Reply-To: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
> >To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: Do MGB's have starter drive covers?
> >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:05:50 -0700
> >
> >No, it just hangs out there and catches rocks...
> >
> >on 8/21/02 9:04 PM, F. J. MacFarlane at n5bgy@flash.net
> wrote:
> >
> > > On the early MGB's with the inertia-engaged
> (sometimes called
> > > "Bendix-drive") Lucas M418 starter, is there a cover
> for the starter
> >drive
> > > assembly that sticks out of the rear of the
> bellhousing? My 1967 Anglia
> > > 123E had a drawn sheet metal can that fit into the
> (cast iron!)
> >bellhousing,
> > > as an example, but the 1967 MGB I now own has none.
> The drive is
> >exposed
> > > under the trans tunnel to road dirt, etc., so I
> figure BMC must have fit
> >a
> > > cover of some sort, and it's just missing from my B.
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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