[TR] TR3 Starter rebuild

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

In a message dated 7/2/2010 11:05:20 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ahwahneetr at gmail.com writes: 
> The drive thingy (if you mean what Moss call 'sleeve assembly p/n
> 549-580) is available (there may even be an improved design out
> there).
> 
> http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/SearchResults.aspx?SearchText=549-580%20&
> WebCatalogID=0
> 
> In any case, you can fake that, leastways I did.  Back when these were
> NLA I repaired mine by jamming the thing with strips of tire tube
> rubber, then pressing it together.  Got a replacement when someone
> (Steve Hedke?) finally developed one but have never bothered to pull
> the starter and install it as the inner tube fix still works after 20+
> years.
> 

Interesting.  But not something one would do if one were to offer a 
warranty.  Perhaps some two part polyurethane might work better.

Dave