> I've gone through three starters in 3 years. (last two within 6 months).
> The first had the entire unit fall out of the canister. The second had a
> dead-spot (you had to turn the motor by hand till you got to a non-dead
> spot), and this last one gave me about 10 good cranks before the geared
> drive locked inself into the far end of the shaft.
>
> I don't know what my problem is with starters either. But I'd had enough.
> And it wasn't the "reduction gear" aspect that appealed to me. It's the 3
or
> 5 bearings the motor rides on compared to the 2 bushings in a stock
canister
> type.
>
> If I could get a rebuilt starter that worked for more than six months, I
> wouldn't screw with it either. $225 is a lot of deniero that I would have
> liked to have spent on something a little more necessary....That could buy
a
> few good lap dances!
>
> -Terry
----- Original Message -----
From: <AH1962SP@aol.com>
To: <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>; <tlt@digex.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: Car running again!
> In a message dated 4/28/00 10:51:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> dougnad@bellatlantic.net writes:
>
> <<
> I cannot figure out why a relatively tiny engine like the Spitfire's
> would need a geared starter (unless you have jacked the compression way
way
> up).
> My stock starter starts my car just fine, and hasn't had any attention
other
> than
> an oiling every few years >>
>
> I was just thinking the same thing
>
> Bruce (from) Cincinnati
>
> 1959 spriteMKl
> 1962spriteMKll
> 1968 spriteMKlV
> 1976 midget
> (thats almost the whole gammit
> just need a MKlll)
>
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