[DeTomaso] High Torque Starter
Dave Doddek
pantera at pobox.com
Sun May 4 21:22:00 EDT 2008
It looks like the stock starter from my Ranger 2.3. It has a small PM
planetary drive starter that bolts up the same as the older starters. Ford
has several of the same design with 2 and 3 bolt flanges in different
torque ranges. Depends on the engine you have for the torque rating.
Dave "Brushes wore out in ranger" D
At 03:52 AM 5/4/2008 +0200, you wrote:
>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" <guson at home.se> 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
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <SOBill at aol.com>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 2:21 AM
>> 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
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