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1935Hillman
Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 257 Location: Hampshire
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 12:57 pm Post subject: Starter motor drive gear drive |
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I have an interesting question re: starters and selecting the correct one if the original is missing.
My Aero Minx has a Lucas M418G with nine teeth on the drive gear driving an 80 tooth ring gear. It came with the car when I bought her. Another owner is asking me what starter to buy as he does not have one currently.
There are so many different starters out there with different ratings and gear drives I am not sure how to advise him
Before I suggest he just gets on like mine, is there a safer route he should take.
Can anyone suggest a course of action that will give him the best result please, i.e. is there a data base held by anyone out there that would tell us what we need to know?
Many thanks, Tim Green |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tim,
I'm not sure if this will help as it only goes back to 1946 and the post war Minx uses M35G and I think a 10 tooth pinion.
It covers both Lucas and CAV and you'll find application lists at the end of the Lucas section.
http://campkahler.com/files/Lucas-400e-to-N40-ocr.pdf
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
1939 SS Jaguar 2 1/2 litre saloon |
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1935Hillman
Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 257 Location: Hampshire
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks for that
Thanks very much for your help. The post war Minxes had the same engine so it should serve as well. I will decipher it later hopefully. |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Blimey! That's some list; it puts paid to all those Ebay adverts that say "As fitted to many pre-war cars". the basic motor yes, but what chance a random starter has all those combinations of options right? |
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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1935Hillman
Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Posts: 257 Location: Hampshire
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:22 am Post subject: |
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Hi Peter,
By finding the original part number for a later Minx in your list I then went on to Ebay and found someone selling a starter with a list of old starers that theirs is a legitimate replacement for. The Minx one was in that list so job done for £49:95!
Many thanks again, our French friends will be delighted. It does highlight how good our resources and connections are so good here.
Cheers,
Tim |
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