It's your flywheel. The ring gear and the flywheel are two separate pieces
on a TR6. Each time your starter engages it hits the ring gear and pushes
it a tiny amount away from the starter. Eventually (after 100,000 miles or
so) the ring gear is pushed far enough away from the starter to prevent
engagement.
-Erik
At 06:50 AM 11/8/2001 -0800, Joe Merone wrote:
>All of this talk about starter solenoids has gotten me
>thinking about a problem I've been having with my 1974
>TR6.
>
>Here's the description: For some months now when I
>first start my car I sometimes hear a horrible
>grinding noise coming from the starter area. It
>sounds like the gears are not meshing together like
>they're supposed to. It's not steady and low level
>but a fast, high pitched spinning noise that goes
>right away. The car obviously does not turn over at
>this time. After another hit or two of the key it
>usually does not happen and the car turns over and
>starts.
--
Erik Quackenbush, V.P. Operations, Midwest Filter Corporation
1-847-680-0566 fax: 1-847-680-0832 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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