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david_moore:
Hello Everyone!
The starter motor in my 79 Corvette has decided to make it's own decisions. I never encouraged it to try smoking! Basically I am sick of it, after removing it and refitting it a couple of times I either need to replace it. I see the average starter motor is reasonbly priced, but, to continue wrestling with this sort I really need to take up weight lifting. What is the good oil on the Gear Reduction type? ;30

Brutus:
Dave...I can help you with the weight lifting, but not with the starter. I am interested in finding out more about them too tho. Not sure what their cost is out here, but they're thick on the ground over in the US.....literally. It's a real eye opener taking a casual walk through a wreckers over there. Btw they charge you $1 just to go and have a look around!

david_moore:
Gyday Brutus,
Good to hear from you. I have had a bit of a look in Parts Peddler and it seems the average price of the gear reduction starters here is $395 and quite a few places are advertising them. I believe they have different power outputs, I guess the more powerful units are for high compression motors and diesels. When we were in Canberra I seem to remember Johnny Dunne singing their praise and giving me a short lecture about them. Ofcourse at the time I thought sheeesh mine is fine, ancient old thing that it is. I also remember Johnny saying "Sorry I seem to have usurped your position in the queue!"  ;29

Scott81:
David- is this what you are looking for? http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?action=prod_detail&catid=698&pid=1085  I have a similar one and it works great, also good because it's easier to get at in tight places, I recommend a Moroso heat shield for it as well.  It's a bit lighter than the stock boat anchor too, I had no trouble installing it with one hand turning the wrench with the other.

david_moore:
Thanks for info Sott81, the web site you put me onto looks good too, I'll have to check it out some more. The standard starter must be about 20 lbs, I had to use a jack to refit the old heavy weight, probably would not be so bad if the car was on a hoist, just using chassis stands makes things a bit cramped. I am curious tho, of the need for a heat shield, are the Gear reduction starters susceptible to heat, more so than the standard items? Admittedly, the exhaust is very close to the existing starter on my Corvette. :20

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