DeTomaso Mailing List: July 97, Message #166
     



From: William King <wpk@fc.net>

Subject: Re: GEAR REDUCTION STARTERS

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 21:26:05 +0000



Bill and All,



Ok ... just an hour before the first Austin Texas Pantera

get-together at the County Line Barbeque I decided to put

in the new gear reduction starter that arrived by UPS

the other day. Yes, I followed up on WH's recommendation

and ordered one from Tom at the address below. It duly

arrived about 10 days later and sat on my kitchen counter

for a few days till I found time to put it on. Nice lookin

little unit ... rebuilt with new parts I'm told ...



So ... car up on the jack stands ... me under the car ...

#1741 has GTS headers so it was a bit of a wiggle to get the

original one off thru a just-big-enough hole between the

header tubes and a chassis frame member but come off it did !

New one went on without a hitch except that the nose flange

was a little thicker than the original one so the studs were

just a little short ... cranked the key and .... click,

click, click ... oops ... call up Tom ... what jumper

between the starter cable stud and the third terminal on

the solenoid ? ... Tom musta forgotten to include it.

I fabricated one up out of 14 guage stranded copper wire

and a couple of crimp on terminals, rewired the sucker,

flipped the key again and ... whirr ... whirr .... grrrr ...

Like Bill says, it sounds bitchen, works great, is smaller

and lighter than the original and came to a total of $145

with COD charges etc.



And we made it to the county line with time to spare ;-)



I'm going to pull the studs when I have more time and

install longer ones. Thanks you Bill and all others who

provided suggestions for my hot-starting problem.



William





Hohnhorst William L. wrote:

> 

> Hello Everyone,

>      I followed up today with the business here in San Diego that deals in

> just starters and alternators.  As I thought, they do have a Gear Reduction

> starter for the 351C.  Its price is $125 out the door, i.e. no core charge.

>  And it's a Ford Motorcraft starter!  If you are interested in

> talking/ordering one from them, here are the vitals:

>      West Coast Alternator & Starter

>      7940 Convoy Court, San Diego, CA

>      (619) 292-5099

>      Ask for Tom

> 

>  ----------

> From: Hohnhorst William L.

> To: William King

> Cc: DeTomaso Forum

> Subject: RE: hi torque starters ?

> Date: Wednesday, June 25, 1997 5:55PM

> 

> William,

>      I had the same hard starting problem a while back.  I did install a

> Gear Reduction starter and it did the trick (and it sounds bitchen).  I got

> it from a guy that we had made contact with at a car swap meet here in

> Southern CA.  I paid $185.  Since then, I have heard that they can be found

> for a little less money.  There is a place in San Diego that I believe

> carry's them.  I will give them a call tomorrow and let you know what I find

> 

> out.  I would also like to recommend that if you haven't done so already,

> you give your battery the once over.  Old ones can cause this problem.  I

> think that some of my problem was attributable to a battery that had a few

> years on it.

>      Will get back to you tomorrow.

>                     Bill



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