"Julian" <jps@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:2zMdi.2566$ri2.1203@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The car is a Jensen, with the 440 and A727 gearbox. (Both standard)
>
> I've got a problem and I don't know what to do next.
>
> My old original starter was on its last legs, so I got a new one from
> the chap on e-bay.
>
> It looks like this:
>
> http://www.440source.com/starters.htm
>
>
> I fitted it this afternoon and when I turned the key it just made a
> nasty noise with no cranking. I pulled it off again and checked it up
> against the old one and all the dimensions looked OK - 10 tooth
> pinions correct diameter etc and it spun up on the bench just fine. I
> replaced it and tried again, still no luck.
>
> After some serious head scratching I removed the tin ****eld from the
> bottom of the bellhousing so I could see the pinion, and with the wife
> turning the key I could see the pinion move up to the ring gear and
> rotate but not engage - I could even push a screwdriver up behind the
> pinion and (with the power off) try and engage it manually, all I
> could manage was about 1/10th inch of engagement at best. The ring
> gear is in OK condition and I rotated the engine a bit by hand so that
> a perfect segment of ring gear was presented to the pinion. The
> starter motor is sitting squarely on the housing.
>
> So, off with the starter (again!) and I checked pinion throw with the
> old Chrysler starter. Here's the crux of the matter I think, the new
> item has only 1/2" of pinion throw, while the Chrysler one has 3/4".
> The lightweight starter's pinion is almost fully out and spinning
> before it tries to engage with the ring gear, and therefore doesn't
> manage it.
>
> I'm at a loss as to what to do. Has anyone experienced this problem
> before? Nobody in the Jensen club seems to have had any bother with
> these starters before
>
> TIA Julian.
>
>
>
>
What to do? Don't buy crap parts! Go to a wrecking yard and get a real
Chrysler mini starter. It shouldn't cost more than $50. Any V6 or V8
pickup from 1991 or 1992 onward will have one. Get on with the pilot on
the nose that fits the pocket in the transmission.
Joshua
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