Thread: Starter problems....
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Old 01-21-2007, 03:51 PM
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No, I think it is starter engaged, pinion is ALREADY on flywheel. Pinion offset is sitting on flywheel when the car is running, when flywheel is turning so is pinion. The car flywheel is spinning with the pinion. So it wasn't so much, "hung up" as it is the wrong offset to the flywheel (see OEM versus powermaster offset). The pinion wasn't meant to be connected to the engine and running with the engine all of the time. After 20 minutes, massive mechnical damage...if it was mechanical damge, you would not smell a thing.

All makes sense, but there are many 351w's, many with Powermaster starters. What is different about my combo that made this fail?
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