joe maher wrote:
>Just curious....I believe my 59 TR3 has the original starter. Can someone
>tell me, in non-mechanic speak, the difference between, and advantage of, a
>gear reduction starter over stock?
>
Randall summed it up... except to note that you can probably get a nice
% of the cost of the gear reduction unit back when you put your old
starter on eBay.
OTOH -- for some those old starters are just part of the adventure of
these cars. My rubber drive unit failed and I 'fixed' it with a
concoction of pieces of old tire tubes to get it to work until the
long-promised replacements were again available. 20+ years later that
thing still doesn't slip -- I have the replacement part but I guess I
just like the suspense of seeing how long it will take to fail again.
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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