<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Terry;<br><br>Sounds like you're using the short nose starter on a long nose application.... <br>The starter gear isn't even reaching the ring gear, so, no way can it start...<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153)">Dave Friedlander<br><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Jeff Scarbrough <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com" target="_blank">fishplate@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 5:26 PM,  <<a href="mailto:terryrs@comcast.net">terryrs@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> when I try to start the engine, the starter clicks and whirrs, but doesn't engage.<br>
<br>
</span>I'm no expert, but I would think that if the ring gear was close, you<br>
would eventually hit a spot where it would engage and jam on<br>
mismatched teeth.  If the starter spins readily, but never engages the<br>
ring gear, then maybe it's not popping the Bendix out?  Did you try<br>
bumping the flywheel around to see if it engages somewhere?<br>
<br>
Are the ring gears the same diameter?  Seems like they would have to be...<br>
<br>
Jeff Scarbrough<br>
Corrosion Acres, Ga.<br>
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