Bsck in the day when I was a Field Tech Specialist for Nissan I had a Sentra
break 5 starters in this same fashion...turned out the technician had
cannibalized the injectors off this car before it was sold to repair a
customer's car and replaced them with the wrong ones (bigger). This caused
the car to run rich and partially hydro-lock the motor. The starter would
last about 2 days, but the stress from trying to overcome the lack of
lubrication in the cylinders broke the nose off. I would look for the carbs
possibly leaking fuel into the cylinders.
Jim Moore
69 RHD 2000
Dunkirk MD.
PS I just learned that a person I used to eat lunch with when I worked at
BMW's headquarters in NJ was on the flight from Newark........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roadster" <roadster@texoma.net>
To: "snyler" <marc@animalfirm.com>; "Datsun Roadster List"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Possible answer: inspection hole in bellhousing
> It could have been dropped or damaged some way as to start a crack. Or,
just a
> faulty casting. There are some serious stresses applied when a starter
kicks
> in.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Fred Schroeder
> '70 2000
> SRL311-13359
> TDROC
>
>
>
> snyler wrote:
>
> > John F Sandhoff wrote
> >
> > >Back home, I yank the starter and find THE NOSEPIECE MISSING. Just
> > >had the tip of the armature shaft kinda hanging there! ARGGH! So now I
> > >had a chunk of cast aluminum waiting to chuck itself into the clutch
> > >assembly! The question: How to get it out?!!
> > >
> > >I tried fishing it out from the starter hole but no way could I even
get a
> > >look-see (using a fiberscope no less), let alone figure out how to snag
it.
> > >Boy, did I think about drilling my own 'inspection hole'!
> >
> > That would also explain the rough edges, especially if it was done while
> > the car was on jackstands. When I got the flywheel inspected and
> > resurfaced i picked up a nice burr to clean up the hole. What do you
> > think let go to cause the nosepiece to fall in?
> >
> > -Marc
> >
> >
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