Re: Custom reduction gear mini starter

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2013/6/5 16:27:26

I had a pre-existing flange mount mini-starter on my 1963 Tempest V-8. It was pretty messed up when I got it as the previous owner had jammed a small piece of 2x4 into the space between the starter housing and block in order to "line it up." Also, the ring gear in the flex plate had a couple of teeth missing. LOL!

I was able to get this all fixed correctly. The former by sending the mini-starter off to a starter rebuilder in CA. The flexplate ring gear I was able to get fixed locally.

I would think one could send off your Packard starter & solenoid to one of the many mini-starter manufactures and get a "mini" duplicate made. I may do that for my Panther since I want extra space there for headers.

Nice work Jack!

Craig