haveyoubooked Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Hey up, thanks for all your help on getting my gt6/spit ID'd heritage on to it now but looking at engine number believe it to be a very early mk1, will see what the certificate throws up (by the way if anyone with a MK1 has an engine number of earlier than KC4930 let me know!)Anyway got the head, carbs, dizzy and other vitals on this weekend and burnt out its starter motor before the fuel had even got to the carbs! when i took it out the brushes were fine but the field coils were earthing out and the commutator was bridging out too...So I ebayed for another last week, it arrived as a 2nd hand gt6 starter motor. cleaned it up, tested it, real bargain...went to fit it, wrong type. Different teeth and different mounting holes. So what is a GT6 MK1 SUPPOSED to have. As it was we cable tied it in the hole (sorry!) as it had been a long weekend rebuilding and it turned over fine, and struck up, settling down to that beautiful smooth tickover with a couple of minor adjustments... So anyone know how many teeth it should have, and why there are 2 different sets of hole centres? mines the wider centres! also its just under carbs, on my dads spits the starters somewhere near the battery tray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 GT6 and spitfire are same starterOne is under fuel pump, GT6 is under the carbs.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haveyoubooked Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 ok thanks. So all GT6 starters under carbs then. What about how many teeth? Both starters I have seem to mesh nicely but they have different numbers of teeth...Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodders1 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 If it is the same starter as a Spitfire (as theScrapman suggests - and who am I to argue with him?) then it has 9 teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gt6s Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Actually they are not the same starters though they are interchangeable. Can'not remember the model no's but the Gt6 has access to the brushes from the side covered by a metal band, Spitfire brushes are accessed from the end of the starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haveyoubooked Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 Thanks for all your help again... sorry for these probably boring mundane questions but its my first gt6 and i bought in in lots of big cardboard boxes...so there might be a few more.So 9 teeth and as long as it fits the hole i'm ok? Anyone got a spare they want some cash for?rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodders1 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 4474 wrote:Thanks for all your help again... sorry for these probably boring mundane questions but its my first gt6 and i bought in in lots of big cardboard boxes...so there might be a few more.So 9 teeth and as long as it fits the hole i'm ok? Anyone got a spare they want some cash for?roryPM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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