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Ill check that too... this is a low mileage car but with rust and gunk over 40 years... it could wear quickly in later years. Keith > > > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >