Ol Sid Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Hey folks, A ham-handed mechanic did something wrong while starting my TR and blew all the parts off the neck of my starter. The bad new is that they found their way into the transmission housing. Any ideas on how to retrieve them? Sid Homeland, CA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Morrison Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 Hello old Sid? and welcome to our forum. Had this very issue on a TR4 A, remove the cover plate at the bottom of the bell housing, four bolts including the clutch slave cylinder mounting bracket, and with a telescopic magnet, go fishing! We got everything, including the broken split pin, assembled them on the bench in order, to ensure we had left nothing, quite straightforward really. John. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james christie Posted July 4, 2020 Report Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) Welcome to the forum. You were lucky - on my 3A the bits and pieces exited the aluminium bell housing making a considerable hole. However I managed to find everything on the garage floor and put it all back together using fibreglass epoxy. It was the split pin that had worn/broken that caused the incident.I fitted a high torque starter motor replacement. james Edited July 4, 2020 by james christie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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