I was able to remove and replace the starter on my Midget (Mk1 w/ 1275) without
removing anything.
Original style oil filter and centrifugal-advance-only distributor if it makes
a difference. I did have to use some pretty long extensions on the sockets and
it was a tight squeeze past the hydraulic lines. (don't want to kink them,
now.) Whole thing took less than an hour and half, including the round trip
to buy the new starter.
Phil Vanner
On Tuesday, December 28, 1999 4:14 PM, R. Toby Atwater
[SMTP:Toby.1969ah.1971lc@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
> My Haynes manual tells me that the distributor needs to come out before my
> starter can be removed.
>
> The Factory Workshop just says something like "some components may need to
> be removed before removal of the starter can be attempted".
>
> My dad is telling me the oil filter is going to have to come out for the
> starter to slip forward enough to get it outa there. Santa left me a spin-on
> oil filter conversion of the M0SS kind so it may be the right time too swap
> it in.
>
> Any help is always appreciated...
>
> Toby
>
> P.S. I know my starter is bad. I have checked all connections, all grounds
> and even jumped the starter directly to the battery with a huge set of
> jumper cables. Its dead. But I found a replacement one at www.carparts.com
> for $35 with tax and shipping and it comes with a slyoinid. Moss wants
> something like $90 and Pep Boys wants $120 or something like that.
>
> Thanks,
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