Removal of Starter Motor

[andrew honychurch]

Hi Neil,

I guess the strength in the way the starter is held ( I thought the same) is that it is pulled into the bell housing and locates in the recess, the screws therefore only really hold it in. Heck of job though working upside down. I have been adjusting my control rods on the T16 for the rear steering controls. Every time I re emerge my family wonder what has happened to me as my eyes go rather bulging from working upside down.

The restoration of my T16 has given me more of a workoout than any session in the GYM. Everytime I get in the thing to do a job I find the tool I need is outside or on the other side of the engine bay. I cannot tell you how many times I have got in and out of it!

[Neil Ashley]

I am still nursing the bruises of performing all sorts of unnatural contortions to gain access to where I needed to get. I also ended up finding I was crushing something painfull at one stage.

The bolts were not done up particularly tight when I removed it and fear of striping the threads restricted the pressure I put on them this time.

Can anyone confirm where the thin wire goes to which also attaches on the starter motor terminal? The driver hand boook does not include a deatailed wiring diagram.