Hi All, Long time.
My mechanic is having a hell of a time trying to locate a new starter motor for the Attesa. He has gone through about six, none of which fit.
He is under the impression that the bluebird sss import shares starters with the GTiR, but I just read a post here that even THAT can be tricky.
I.e. The manual GTiR starter fits a bluey auto whereas the manual bluey starter doesn't! And one has a longer nose cone and one more or less teeth (8 vs 9).
The info my mech gave me was that the alternator should have no snout (it should be flat where the gear comes out) as the ring gear on the flywheel is smaller than the flywheel rather that being typically the other way around.
My current alternator has already been recoed before, hence the hesitation to reco it again. In the process, all labels and numbers have been removed from it, so we have nothing much to go by.
It seems as though a few people on this forum have had no such drama locating one, so I was wondering if I could kindly have a lead or two.
I am happy to source one from interstate (I am in VIC) and if worse comes to worse, I'll settle for a reco'ed one.
Thanks peoples, in anticipation.