Doug68
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- WA, Australia
Ok so due to my flywheel arrangment I've moved the flexplate back against the crank (spacer removed). Which has caused the starter motor to need shifting back too.
BTW in the interest of full disclosure, the flew plate I have did not come with the motor, it was bought later from a wreckers
All well and good, so before reassembling the inlet I thought I'd test the starter motor just in case it turned out to be dead.
So it works it comes out, engages & winds the motor over, so the first hurdle passed, but after stopping the pinion does not disengage. I can push it back in by hand ok and when the motor was off the engine I'd looked at it and the spring in there appears to be functioning.
So do I need to do something about this? Does the pinion get 'flung' off when the motor starts or do I have mismatched parts or something?
Thanks,
BTW in the interest of full disclosure, the flew plate I have did not come with the motor, it was bought later from a wreckers
All well and good, so before reassembling the inlet I thought I'd test the starter motor just in case it turned out to be dead.
So it works it comes out, engages & winds the motor over, so the first hurdle passed, but after stopping the pinion does not disengage. I can push it back in by hand ok and when the motor was off the engine I'd looked at it and the spring in there appears to be functioning.
So do I need to do something about this? Does the pinion get 'flung' off when the motor starts or do I have mismatched parts or something?
Thanks,