09-22-2009, 02:03 PM
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427 Ring Gear, OUT!
Blew my starter drive the other day whilst out shopping. Got a push from a couple of Cobra admirer's and "bump started" it in 2nd gear. Pulled the starter this AM, starter gear all chewed up! Checked flywheel ring gear teeth, same condition. Looks like the tranny is coming out.
So what happened? Well recently I re-installed my distributor, had it out to play with, clean up. "Bumping" the engine over to firmly establish TDC by using a real flaky remote starter switch. That switch cause the starter to "stammer", jump in, jump out, pounding the heck out of the flywheel teeth. Shortly after that the old and tired starter drive went bad. Bought a new starter, it lasted about 3 days before it too bit the dust.
Moral of the story:
When bumping your engine with the starter solenoid, make sure you use a good remote starter switch and don't hammer the starter to hard. Or, be like me and end up pulling the flywheel out, your call.
Near as I can figure the ring gear is 184 teeth, at least that's what I ordered, hope it fits. Gotta go, need to pull the trans, l8tr. 
Ernie
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