[Healeys] Started pinion meshed to ring gear

[Oudesluys]

No, you have to pull the starter to investigate what is the cause of the 
fault.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL

John Soderling schreef:
> Help needed:
>
> Cully Anderson and I were touring the Napa wine country this morning and when
> he started his 100 six after a stop.  It started but produced a loud grinding
> noise with the engine running.  He shut it off immediately.  He restarted it
> several times and same sound.  The sound seemed to come from the starter area
> so I think the starter pinion teeth are stuck in the flywheel ring gear teeth.
>
> Tried banging on the starter to dislodge but this did not brake it loose.
> Also tried coasting the car and dropping the clutch to brake it loose - did
> not work.  Had the car hauled to his house.
>
> Are there any tricks to dislodging the starter and flywheel gears short of
> pulling off the starter?  Thanks for the help.
>
> Vrooom vrooom,
> John
> Erika the Red
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