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On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 20:26, Keith Park wrote: > Advice taken and engine out! > I found myself saying... is this IT? its nice not having all those FI wires > WOAH! did I just say THAT? :-0 > > At 33Kmi I dont think that this engine has ever been out! and I just lay > under there again looking at all the rust thinking am I out of my bloody > mind AGAIN? But we've all been there and this car really does have its good > points. The only thing of note when I got the engine down is the flywheel. > The outside of the teeth are chewed up.. and the outer 1/3 of the teeth is > kinda mushed out... like the solenoid didnt fully engage before it started > cranking the engine... but is this Possible? it has to fully engage to > close the switch doesnt it? the engine and tranny were tight togeather and > the nuts encrusted enough to lead me to believe that that wasnt the problem. > The only thing is that when I was cranking it with the computer supply > it did indeed have a hard time getting it going at only 5.7V, but once it > finally got cranking it was fine and sounded fine. Any idea why the teeth > look beat? they are shiney too implying that it was something that had just > happened. > > I may need a 6V '65 flywheel! > Is it an o'ring flywheel, or steel gasket?? The starter can spin when not completely into the flywheel. I have seen a lot of stop and start drivers with the flywheel chewed. The bendix has is spring loaded, and can spin when not completely engaged. Check the shaft on the starter to see if the Bendix is going all the way to the stop. Or, is the stop not snapped onto its snap ring. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~