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I haven't followed your description of the problem very well. Is the starter motor's gear too close to the flywheel? Such as the flywheel will rub the starter motor's gear while engine is running? I have installed many a McLeod scattershield on a windsor, using regular starters, hi-torque, and mini starters. The only thing to do was: Make sure correct starter for application, mounted in correct location for flywheel diameter (there are 2 options on the scattershield), lightly open up the circular hole in the motor plate if the register ring on the starter won't fit, use a starter shim from NAPA or PEP-BOYS to move starter motor away from the flywheel another .100" or so.
"I only have .100 spacing between the inside flat of scatter shield and the face of the flywheel. I would need a spacer of at least .375 to have the correct spacing."
So there is .100" between the backside of the flywheel and the motor plate? The motor plate is about .250 thick, + the .100" spacing gets you to .350". If you need more space, a regular stamped parts store starter shim will get you even more room.
Where is this magical .375" number coming from? What kind of starter are you using?
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In a fit of 16 year old genius, I looked down through the carb while cranking it to see if fuel was flowing, and it was. Flowing straight up in a vapor cloud, around my head, on fire.
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