[DeTomaso] Starter Problems

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

One last note: some mini-starters can cause unexpected mounting troubles. My 
McLeod, bought in the last century when these things were considered 
racing-only units, is designed for an AUTOMATIC transmission car. There is a 9/16" 
thick spacer included with this starter, and on our Pantera- 
with either a stock flywheel or an aftermarket aluminum, I must run the big 
spacer, or the bendix-gear will not engage the flywheel gear properly. And of 
course, with the spacer, the stock top mounting stud was then too short, and 
having both a metric thread on the bellhousing end and an SAE thread on the 
starter end, I had to fabricate my own longer one. So be careful- or be well 
equipped- if you buy from a Speed shop rather than a Pantera parts vendor. Good 
luck- J Deryke


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