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Re: Do MGB's have starter drive covers?

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Subject: Re: Do MGB's have starter drive covers?
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:11:12 -0700
I think you're thinking about the starter body itself. I was answering the
question as if it regarded the shaft-and-spring extension, known as the
bendix. I don't see how you could cover that with rubber. If you have a Mk.
II B you won't know what I'm talking about...

on 8/22/02 5:41 AM, Tuck Southworth at 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
> 
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>> 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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Max Heim
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