Got a new one.mechanics were ready to put it on.and oops.where's the gear? The what? The gear-flywheel? So yep.we ordered the flywheel from SMP same product number as listed below. She passed last yr and dad and I are too old and have health issues.so we have great mechanics that my friend who is part of the Chicago Thunderbird Club suggested and they've been going through the steps to get her to run again.so far so starter. I have the almost the same as Muffinman- Dad inherited his pop's 1964 T and he's 81 and I'm an oldie too.and we are going to sell car to a good home.Dad has kept car in eat condition inside and out.one little tiny problem.hasn't driven it in years.about 13.that's how long we were caring for my mom- 13 years of dementia-at home. Is there somewhere, that you guys know of, that I can buy the whole thing as a assembly or where I can buy the bendix parts? Most part stores seem to have the starter in a wearhouse, just not the bendix. I assume the starter is probably bad and I need to replace it. I looked around some part stores locally and none of them carry the bendix. My question is if the bendix can break and lock itself in the engaged position and never disengage from the flywheel? If thats the case, then it would cause the flywheel to never pick up enough speed to be able to operate properly. So it's basically opposite of the way starters are now. But it seems that this starter retracts toward the end of the shaft when the starter dis-engages from the flywheel. As you know, Im sure, most starters have the bendix inside the housing and it pops out when starting a car. ![]() I've never seen the bendix on this starter before. I replaced the solenoid, but that did not fix the problem. We tried jumping it but it was still the same, still clicking. I just heard clicking from the solenoid/contactor or perhaps the starter itself. We had it running eariler in the day, but after working on it some we tryed to start it again but had no luck. ![]() However with a charged battery we could get it to start a number of times until last week. Like the starter didnt have enough torque to turn the fly wheel. We had the car running, however it always started slowly. It will be a few years before I can start fixing it up, but I know its condition will worsen as I do not really have a good place of storing it until then. My wife inherited a '64 Thunderbird from her grandfather a few years ago and we've made the decsion to sell it as I do not really have the time or the money to finish fixing it, I wish I did though.
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