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by megatoad
Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:26 pm
Forum: 4WD, from pre-production to latest RR
Topic: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues
Replies: 4
Views: 17428

Re: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues

I have given up on finding alternatives for now, I bought another new old stock from Craddocks and hopefully will have that installed soon On Saturday I assembled the new new 1st motion shaft and bearing after leaving the shaft overnight in the freezer (the wife was out at a Cub camp :D ) Then with ...
by megatoad
Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:54 pm
Forum: 4WD, from pre-production to latest RR
Topic: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues
Replies: 4
Views: 17428

Re: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues

Apparently the strange packing had worked well to resolve the dead rubber. Certainly I had been using the starter in this unknown state for 6 years !! and the lad I bought the 80" back from for several years prior. ( I originally sold him the 80" as a project when he was 15 and i know he and his dad...
by megatoad
Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:44 am
Forum: 4WD, from pre-production to latest RR
Topic: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues
Replies: 4
Views: 17428

Re: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues

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by megatoad
Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:38 am
Forum: 4WD, from pre-production to latest RR
Topic: IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues
Replies: 4
Views: 17428

IOE Starter Motor Bendix Issues

Hi All I have a 2l Spreadbore IOE engine in my S1 80" land rover. Over winter the starter finally ceased to work. I took it to my local auto electrician who diagnosed that a modification wherein the previously failed drove sleeve had been packed with washers had finally caused the armature to screw ...
by megatoad
Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:41 pm
Forum: New members
Topic: New member in Hertfordshire
Replies: 3
Views: 3882

Re: New member in Hertfordshire

And here we are currently: Whilst driving home down the M1 via a post trial holiday in Staffordshire I started to get a very nasty noise from the gearbox. Somewhat akin to that of a knackered angle grinder gearbox! So I decided to bull the box out and take a look. First good look at the box. I had p...
by megatoad
Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:21 pm
Forum: New members
Topic: New member in Hertfordshire
Replies: 3
Views: 3882

Re: New member in Hertfordshire

Well Pictures I love too so here goes: Here is SFF in the heat of cometition during the RTV trial at this years ALRC National Rally at Eastnor Castle: Incidentally the same day the starter died again. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/909/PnXb5p.jpg My daily drive, again at Eastnor during ...
by megatoad
Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:05 am
Forum: New members
Topic: New member in Hertfordshire
Replies: 3
Views: 3882

New member in Hertfordshire

Hello everyone. I am a bit trepidatious about venturing into these hallowed portals but a Rover 90 owning associate of mine pointed me in this direction. I appreciate that this forum is ostensibly for the sports saloons / saloons but I must raise a white flag and begin as I often do with insurance c...