trialsman
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| posted on 11/6/15 at 07:18 PM |
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Xflow bellhousing dust shield
I have a Ford 771m Fiesta motor mated to a British Ford tranny similar to the type 2. How important is the thickness of the dust shield that goes
between the bottom of the motor and the bellhousing. I could not find one in the US of A so I had to make one. It is about .5mm thick as the stock one
is about 1mm thick. I have trashed two new rebuild starters on the se7en and I am wondering if that is what is causing my failure? Thanks, Russ
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Brian R
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| posted on 12/6/15 at 09:16 AM |
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I can't see the tiny difference in material thickness making any difference to the starter. What problems are you getting with the starter
motors?
Are you using inertia or pre engaged? Inertia throws in from the gearbox side and pre engaged from the engine side. You need to make sure the lead on
the ringgear teeth are on the correct side or you'll get engagement problems and premature wear.
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steve m
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| posted on 12/6/15 at 11:18 AM |
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I don't use the spacer at all, on my 711 crosflow engines with a type 2 gearbox and never had a problem, I do however use an interia starter,
maybe your ring gear on the flywheel is for the other type of starter to the one your using ?
why not put 5mm washers on the 6 mounting bolts ?
steve
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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trialsman
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| posted on 12/6/15 at 11:26 AM |
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The starter gear pushes out to the flywheel so it would be per engaged. In the US the tranny, bellhousing, starter, and flywheel all came from a Ford
Pinto which is completely different than your Pinto. Both starters worked for about a week and stopped. Even if you wire directly from battery to
starter with battery booster cables the starter does nothing but throw sparks when you touch the connectors. First starter was a Bosch brand and the
second was a Carquest brand.
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