I'll post some pictures, later today, but why would the ring gear teeth get chewed up mostly in only one section of the ring gear? Does the engine always stop on the same stroke?:confused:
Ring Gear pics. How does the ring get chewed up UNEVENLY? Something warped? Out of balance?:confused: Here's some pics:
Got one clue, but I still ain't sure. The rear collar was unevenly worn by the front transmission seal. the main shaft is straight, so maybe the seal wasn't properly installed. :confused:
Ok, I got the answer. It seems that the engine always stops on one of the pair of pistons' compression cycles. Looking at mine, there are in fact three sections of the ring gear that are worn/chewed up. Andy's looks the same too. He brought it over for them to tweak (new ring gear and collar). Those front seals do damage after 30 years (collar extending into transmission). Anyway they had the seals (front and rear) and new pan gasket.
Nice pictures. I've heard that the inline six starters are different than the V8 starters. You may want to verify that. I didn't realize that the ring gear was on the torque converter. I've never pulled an auto tranny before either so I never noticed. I always farm out the auto tranny work. It looks like the weather was pretty nice the day you took the photos.
This morning! 18C 64F, UV rate 6. Tomorrow 20C 66F and cloudy. Back to 10C (50F) on Saturday. It was a convenient BLIP. Normal is 11C Day and -1C night time.
The V8 starter had the solenoid on top on my 302. I think its a Mexican thing, like the points distributor it had. Pulling it wasn't all that bad, except that we are both coming out of cabin fever and out of shape. The actual time might have been 4 hours, after we fiddled with the jackstands.
The starter engages the toothed gear on the flywheel or torque converter. It's usually a welded high tensile strength gear, matched to the bendix gear on the starter. Some hi-perf cars have machined flywheels with the teeth cut right into it.
