[TR] TR3A flywheel bolt on ring gear

[Rye Livingston]

"Engine turns freely by hand even with the spark plugs in", sounds like a separate issue than the starter motor not engaging the ring gear.

Rye


On Feb 17, 2016, at 02:26 PM, terryrs at comcast.net wrote:


Question: were there different gear ratios on the ring gear? Reason I ask, while I had the OD tranny out, I replaced the flywheel with a freshly machined one. It had a somewhat better condition ring gear already bolted on. I don't know the year of production of the replacement flywheel. Bolted the same starter back in, but when I try to start the engine, the starter clicks and whirrs, but doesn't engage. Jumped it with a good battery, seems to be a strong electrical current going in. Engine turns freely by hand even with the spark plugs still in.

Thoughts?

Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667
New Hampshire where in a two day period it went from minus 20 degrees to in the 50's. Gotta love New England!

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