[Healeys] Gear reduction starter installation

[Awgertoo at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/3/2009 11:29:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
fortee9er at yahoo.com writes:

and  found that if I lined up the bolt holes the starter would hit the 
scuttle or  the frame rails. Is there a proper way to clock the starter so it will 
fit? In  previous posts to the list some of you mentioned having to shim the 
starter in  order to get a proper fit. Couls you explain what exactly did you 
shim and  what was used as shims?
Thanks
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Jorge--
 
I have gear reduction starters fitted to my 100 and my wife's  3000.  In both 
cases I found that there was only one "clock"  position that allowed 
clearance of the engine and the toebox--it is  close but should be there somewhere.
 
I initially had to fit some shims (cut from suspension shims, but  aluminum 
cans work just fine)  to my wife's car to get the gear to  engage/disengage 
cleanly but later found that the problem was due to the  ring gear's having 
become misaligned which ultimately required  pulling the engine to fix, but that's 
a whole nother story.
 
Best--Michael Oritt
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