kmakar
Janitor
Had some issues with the timing of the '66, always timed by ear and feel but when I removed the engine for the clutch replacement, clean up and new paint, I used a dead stop to locate TDC, which was approx. 16 degrees off.......the reason why I never used a timing light. This may be due to the Scat crank and factory balancer. I never verified tdc during the assembly....duh. Anyway, a few days ago I got to moving the timing around when major bad noises came from the starter.....so I tried to bump the engine by breaker bar on the balancer bolt, no giv. So I pulled the plugs and tried again, no giv. Finally I decided to bust the starter loose, and found this.......chinese crap!!
Motor spins nicely now, but waiting on a starter. Very frustrating as I'm just trying to wring out some issues before I list it for sale and fighting the clock a bit trying to list it before the summer.
Had the same thing on the MF tractor. Was kinda shocked, but not so much now. Never seen that happen before unless the starter had been dropped.