02-11-2018, 06:33 AM
(30-10-2018, 10:33 PM)Tony Press Wrote:(30-10-2018, 08:22 PM)Robert Foreman Wrote: What do you make of this then ? I bought a complete early 1929 sandcast coil engine and starter motor. The starter motor was never fitted with a starter switch.
As you can see the hole for the cable has been pugged up with aluminum and as you can see inside the bosses are different to allow some material for tapping the threads into.
Waste not Want not !
They ran out of direct drive starters so bodged up a few geared drive to keep production going . Never ones to be at a loss to make do .
Interesting - the re manufactured geared drive starter appears to have the cover over a CAV type starter button switch hole - by 1929 the starters were usually fitted with the Lucas round switch - (which became the floor mounted switch by fitting a shroud around the button) so it appears they were using up quite old starter stock.