Date:         Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:06:32 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
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From:         Jeff Palmer <w.jeff.palmer@ICLOUD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starter for Syncro
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CA+r=JhriozFyL21e_TwM9R=it71UDFPSbYH11gd8_fZX1vLhFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Is now a good time to ask about tires??

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> On Oct 16, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I saw it as part of a "probe failure report"
> 
> Larry A.
> 
> here it is:
> 
> 
>        Yesterday, we here at www.frankcondelli.com =
> <http://www.frankcondelli.com/> ran into a new problem that we have =
> never seen before.  Replacing a starter on a Syncro and the starter was =

> in the way of putting back the vacuum actuator for the diff lock.  Got =

> another starter out of stock and it worked.  The first starter we took =

> off the self was 1/2=E2=80=99 longer than the second one.  Both were =
> Bosch, std. tranny, from 1982, 025 911 023A, SR 401X starters from the =

> same supplier that I have been getting them for years.  First time we =
> ever see this problem.  The black casing portion of the starter must be =

> 4=E2=80=9D long not 4-1/2" for it to work in the Syncro.  Check your =
> starters before installing and then becoming bewildered !
> 
> Cheers,   =20
> 
> Frank Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> 
>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 4:40 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Where is the rest of this thread?
>> 
>> Looks like a fun topic to me.
>> 
>> Eric
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 16, 2020, at 2:29 PM, Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@WESTYVENTURES.COM>

>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Frank, how long have you been doing this and just now found the Syncro
>>> starter is shorter? That's been common knowledge forever.
>>> BTW, if you had some of my adaptors and new SR0425N starters you wouldn't
>>> have to put that crap back on there.
>>