[DeTomaso] High Torque Starter

[John Maffeo]

Mine had no brand marking either, Dennis Yogi's had a bosch sticker on it.
   
  John

Dan Mixon <tipo874 at comcast.net> wrote:
  Before I bought mine, I called them and asked what PMGR meant. Permanent
Magnet Gear Reduction. I bought one but haven't installed it yet. There's no
brand marking on it. 

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From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Thomas Tornblom
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:53 PM
To: Tomas Gunnarsson
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] High Torque Starter

Is this the Bosch starter? Bosch uses a planet gear in their gear 
reduction starters so it may not be immediately visible from the 
outside if it is a direct or gear drive starter.

Cheers,
Thomas


4 maj 2008 kl. 03.39 "Tomas Gunnarsson" skrev:

> Bill,
>
> The description says: "Gear Reduction High Performance Ford Factory
> NEW Mini PMGR Starter for Manual Transmissions"
>
> Is it a gear reduction starter or not? :-/ I'm happy as long as it 
> spins the engine well but what's the real deal here? The housing 
> sure looks like a non-gear unit but a planetary gearbox could be 
> concentric as shown.
>
> Tomas
>
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> Subject: [DeTomaso] High Torque Starter
>
>
>>
>>
>> Garth,
>>
>> The PMGR is a direct drive starter motor. From all reports, this 
>> motor has
>> plenty of torque, so I would assume it is a modern design 
>> permanent magnet
>> motor. These motors use very powerful ceramic magnets and do not 
>> have a field
>> winding as in the OEM Pantera/Ford starter. It's the same deal as 
>> the modern
>> window motors. Much better than what was standard 35 years ago.
>>
>> The other starters are all gear reduction motors, so they are 
>> bound to be
>> more expensive. Is a gear reduction motor needed? Probably not.
>>
>> The PMGR motor should be more that adequate for starting even 
>> smoking hot
>> 351Cs and is a great bargain at $50. I think I'll order one.
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>>
>> SOBill Taylor
>> sobill at aol.com
>>
>> SOBill Taylor
>> sobill at aol.com
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