[Roadsters] starter

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Yep,  what they said.  Plus when you go to put it back in, you may swear 
that it could never have came out.  There is no way to turn it just the 
right way for it to fit back in.  Until it happens.

Richard Brown

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Harper" <roadsterdude1600 at yahoo.com>
To: "Tim" <tputland at charter.net>; "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff at csus.edu>
Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] starter


> John, good explanation...What he said...
>
>
> --- On Fri, 10/3/08, John F Sandhoff <sandhoff at csus.edu> wrote:
>
>> From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff at csus.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] starter
>> To: "Tim" <tputland at charter.net>
>> Cc: "datsun-roadsters: autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> Date: Friday, October 3, 2008, 6:11 PM
>> > How do you get to the starter?
>>
>> Thru the frame.
>> But first: You have a 1600.
>> If it has the original starter, it's longer and thinner
>> than the
>> shorter and fatter starter that is OEM on the 2000's.
>> If you have
>> a header, the U20 starter, being shorter, helps keep it
>> away from
>> the header heat (a long 1600 starter plus a header results
>> in cooking
>> the rear bushing. I've heard of some starters actually
>> touching
>> the header!)
>>
>> The U20 starter probably has more torque, but I'm
>> guessing.
>>
>> If you're replacing, consider a gear reduction H20
>> (forklift) starter.
>>
>> But back to getting it out:
>> details are in the archives somewhere, but briefly, put the
>> left
>> front on jack stands, remove the left wheel, and access the
>> starter thru
>> the triangular opening in the frame. If you turn it
>> 'just right',
>> it'll slide out. Some cars, as noted, have a metal
>> plate tack welded
>> on (presumably as a splash guard?). You may need to remove
>> or bend the
>> corner of the plate.
>>
>> The starter will seem like there's no way it'll
>> come out, and you'll
>> twist and turn and curse the people that said it would, and
>> suddenly
>> it'll pop through and you'll say "whoa!
>> How'd that happen??"
>>
>> Rebuilts used to be available thru NAPA. DO NOT turn in
>> your old
>> one until you're CERTAIN it matches up to your new
>> one!!! Sometimes
>> 'the right one' has the ears rotated slightly from
>> what's expected
>> and in the wrong position. Subtle. You'll find out when
>> you try to
>> put it back in.