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JM 35 Sedan · 10-19-2012, 08:45 AM

During our Barner's Maine Tour this past August the only breakdown we had was with one of those new style starter mechanisms. An internal retaining ring popped out of it's groove causing the failure. We managed to get it back together and it seemed to work ok for the remainder of the tour but I felt if it happened once it will fail again and probably at the worse time possible. Personally, I would stay with the old style Bendix type starter drive for 6 or 12 volts. JMO

10-19-2012, 08:45 AM	#15
JM 35 Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Near Rising Sun, Maryland Posts: 10,859	Re: New starters for Flatheads During our Barner's Maine Tour this past August the only breakdown we had was with one of those new style starter mechanisms. An internal retaining ring popped out of it's groove causing the failure. We managed to get it back together and it seemed to work ok for the remainder of the tour but I felt if it happened once it will fail again and probably at the worse time possible. Personally, I would stay with the old style Bendix type starter drive for 6 or 12 volts. JMO __________________ *John* *"Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts". Albert Einstein*