Re: 2l starters ... urban legend?

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002 13:36:29 -0400 Tim Lentz <timlentz@domain.elided> wrote:

> The above statements were pulled from the archives. My question is this:
> has
> anyone seen this happen with their own eyes??? I've known people using
> the
> post '74 starters on pre '75 cars (and I know that some never went
> through
> the trouble of changing the ring gear). One of my own cars ('74 spider)
> actually came to me with the larger, post '74, starter. When I parted the
> car and pulled the engine the ring gear was fine.

one of the problem aflicting my 1973 GTV was the incorrect starter. Keith
and company at Alfas Unlimited swapped in a good used starter of the
correct type when they rehabbed the car over the winter, curing that
problem for me.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
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