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Re: [Roadsters] Header/starter fit issue

To: Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Header/starter fit issue
From: ljordan704 <ljordan704@netscape.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:54:07 -0800
A 2000 or a H20 starter

Linda

Sent from my iPod

On Feb 18, 2012, at 4:00 PM, Mike Harper <roadsterdude1600@yahoo.com> wrote:

> A dent will work, but as Linda says, get a 2000 starter and you will not
have to use the ball peen hammer
>
> Mike Harper, CAI, AARE
> Harper Auction & Realty
> 843-729-4996
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>
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>
> --- On Sat, 2/18/12, ljordan704 <ljordan704@netscape.net> wrote:
>
> From: ljordan704 <ljordan704@netscape.net>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Header/starter fit issue
> To: "boakes@gmail.com" <boakes@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 3:40 PM
>
> I think they recommend the short starter for headers. I just got one for 71
> with free shiping off Ebay. It's a better starter and esasy to remove if
you
> need to
>
> Linda
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Feb 18, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Bill Oakes <boakes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Here we go, another one step forward and two steps back.
> >
> > My '68 Roadster project continues to crawl (I bought it in parts, engine
> > out, etc.)
> >
> > It came with a stock exhaust manifold and a nice looking header, so I
went
> > the route of the header, or course. I put the starter on, but couldn't
get
> > the downside of the header to fit through, so I removed the starter. With
> > the header installed, you guessed it, the starter won't fit. The
> > front-facing end of the starter rubs up against the rear downtube of the
> > header. See pix:
> >
> >
>
https://plus.google.com/photos/115762868286085496736/albums/57105678655421288
> 01?authkey=CLHDuf7-uJWdfg
> >
> > (let me know if you can't get to these pix, I'm using Google photo albums
> > and they've changed some things around)
> >
> > It's not off by much, probably a well placed dent into the downtube would
> > make it fit. But will that lead to heat issues on the starter?
> >
> > Does anyone have this set up?
> >
> > thanks
> > Bill Oakes
> > Libertyville, IL
> > '68 SRL 2000 Solex (project)
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