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On 28 Jun 2005 at 21:26, Keith Park wrote: > 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? Check the starter shaft bushing. The one that's pressed into the tranny case. If that's shot, then the drive pinion can ride high on the flywheel teeth and I suspect this can damage the teeth. There are also similar bushings (a pair) pressed into the starter drive Bendix. If those disintegrate they can cause the same problem. You can replace the Bendix for big $$$ or just the bushings for cheap. I don't know why these would ever fail, since they see little relative motion, but I replaced a pair once on a friend's 6V '66. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~