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Originally Posted by grantp
Exceedingly strong starter or rather weak ring-gear?
Either way, very disappointing but who would have expected that (unless the engine is rather "stiff"?
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I suspect the engine if stiff. We turned it over for about 30 seconds to build up the oil pressure, we then put fuel in, it turned over a popped a couple of times without catching then whirl from the starter motor. We took the motor off and it looks like it had only been engaging on part of the cog, looking into the bell housing we could see three missing teeth. We hand cranked the engine a part turn, put the motor back on, it cranked for a moment and then whirl again, either stopped on the same spot or more teeth missing.
Any suggestions as to who I should speak to about putting a new ring-gear on the flywheel?