on 3/24/04 9:22 PM, Larry Colen at lrcar@red4est.com wrote:
> The aluminum backplate project is proceeding nicely.
> The raw material should arrive this week.
>
> RC has made plans using the stock starter.
>
> I picked up a spare miata starter, in the hopes of using it instead of
> the stock one, as it's about half the size. Unfortunately, the nose is
> too short, the gear would not extend far enough to engage the
> flywheel.
>
> There's been a discussion of Japanese starters getting an adapter
> plate and being sold to use on MGs. Does anyone know what they began
> life as starters for? Or for that matter who sells them?
I think someone mentioned Honda.
>
> Sure, I could get the Moss "conversion" starter, but at $240, that's a
> bit steep, and I'd rather just design my new backplate to use a cheap
> modern starter.
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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