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Re: starter replacement 58 3A

To: TR <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: starter replacement 58 3A
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:58:20 -0700
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Randall wrote:

>I'd say odds are high that the bonded rubber drive has failed internally.
>This is an easy thing to overlook if you aren't familiar with these
>starters, and I've heard that some replacements fail rapidly.
>
At a time when these seemed to be NLA I repaired mine by jamming the 
center in with strips of stretched inner tube running along it.  Couple 
of years later I got the correct part and put it on the shelf for the 
day when my inner-tube version fails.  Been waiting for more than 20 
years now.

Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Mt Lemmon, AZ

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