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Offline TurboFource

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Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« on: Thursday,August 18, 2022, 05:54:50 PM »
Does anyone have the gear reduction starter from RD Ent on their Twin Cam?

Can you post a pic of it mounted (possibly with a tape measure going from the block out right above it)? The stock starter solenoid is in my way for turbo exhaust plumbing....


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Re: Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« Reply #1 on: Thursday,August 18, 2022, 07:04:13 PM »
Not sure if this will help. I no longer have the TCS but the starter was from RD Ent.

Joji Tokumoto
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Re: Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« Reply #2 on: Thursday,August 18, 2022, 07:20:19 PM »
I have a Tilton Super Starter that I got from Dave Bean decades ago now. I think it is shorter than the stock starter. You might want to give Ken at Dave Bean a call and see if they still sell those or if their starters are shorter than the stock starters.

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Re: Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« Reply #3 on: Saturday,August 20, 2022, 05:31:14 AM »
Thanks for the pic Joji. Is there a fitment issue as indicated in your pic?
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Re: Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« Reply #4 on: Saturday,August 20, 2022, 06:26:55 AM »
No fitment issues with the starter. Its just a bit of a concern having the power cable so close to the engine. Obviously there is zero chance of contact with the starter bolted tight but just the thought of a tool jamming itself in there wearing through the plastic cover. I don't recall if I was ale to clock the starter in the opposite direction. I'm still a worry wort. 

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Re: Gear reduction starter...need a pic
« Reply #5 on: Saturday,August 20, 2022, 06:40:49 AM »
Thanks Joji
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