[Do I have the correct high-torque starter?]

Thanks everyone for your input.

 

Viv: I'm impressed by your accuracy. The same distance on my starter measures approx. 5 mm less than what you specify, which also is how much more that is needed to be fully meshed.

 

I will either refit the original starter or get a new, correct high torque starter.

 

 

Br,

Sven

[Do I have the correct high-torque starter?]

What you write makes sense, Viv.

I will pull off the gear box tunnel cover later this week to get a better look. What I meant in my first post was that the a whole has been made in the bell-housing, so unfortunately the gear-box is not original for the car. But the hole should let me see if it is fully meshed or not.

Any ideas where I could get a correct mount plate, and how to specify what would be correct for this specific setup?

 

Sven

[Do I have the correct high-torque starter?]

Greetings,

 

I purchased a TR3B a few years ago which I am finally getting around to do some work on. With it came a high-torque starter as well as an original long-type starter. The HT looks like a remanufactured type and came as an extra spare. I have now unmounted the original starter and would like to try out the HT one. However, when I measure the length which the gear extends, it seems like it will only reach about half-way onto the flywheel ring gear. Is this the way it should be, or do I have the wrong type of high-torque starter for my car?

 

The ring gear is of the bolt-on type, and the starter gear (on both starters) has 10 teeth. The bell-housing has a cut-out part to make space for the long-type starter, so it seems like the gearbox has been changed at some point of time.

The only identifications on the HT starter is a red label I think has the lettering "Remanufacturers" on, and an engraved code that I can't really make out but that maybe starts with TR4...

 

Any advice on the whether the high-torque starter can be used is greatly appreciated!