10-05-2019, 09:16 AM
This reminds me of our second RN 40 years ago, the starter wasn't connected as the cable wouldn't reach the oversize battery behind the passenger seat but it started easily on the handle. I eventually bought a battery which would fit it's box and connected up the starter, this operated well but the engine wouldn't start then I spotted the fan was rotating the wrong way. So I fitted a spare starter and that cured the problem. Some time later I was at John Platts and asked about a 3 speed starter motor, sorry we haven't got one but we a 4 speed starter motor which goes the wrong way which would do was the reply. I bought it swapped the casings with their field coils and bendix drives over and I now had two motors which went the correct way and sold the 4 speed one.