Starter

[Blob]

Thanks guys, I will go pick one up later today for my 2.5L type 4. I hope this will cure my starter issues, the original starter is just not up to the job.

Hey Warp

How did it go? Did you find one that fit?

/Jakob

[paul_f]

Have you checked the engagement of the teeth to the flywheel at all with this starter?

Cheers
Paul

[warp]

Thanks guys, I will go pick one up later today for my 2.5L type 4. I hope this will cure my starter issues, the original starter is just not up to the job.

Hey Warp

How did it go? Did you find one that fit?

/Jakob

Yes I found a cheap felicia starter but haven't tried it yes as I've been sorting out megasquirt related bugs on the type 4 instead. But the engine is running alright now so I think I will fit the Felicia starter tomorrow and see if it's as good as the IMI Hi-Torque starter.

[kepajake]

I bought a Skoda Felicia starter (part nr 443115141310) from a local auto salvage yard. I installed it today and it works OK. Only thing is that it is quite noisy.

[Pas]

Could this be it ? number matches.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390173135566&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Had a reply from the seller this is a copy part so probably Chinese.

[Harry/FDK]

Thanks for confirming Mark ! Damn copycats.

[paul_f]

Have you checked the engagement of the teeth to the flywheel at all with this starter?

Cheers
Paul

I got a used skoda starter today.

The engagement of a type 1 starter is 33-45mm from the mounting flange (12mm deep pinion)
The engagement of the skoda felicia starter is 26-38mm from the mounting flange

So this starter is not ideal if you want the flywheel ring gear to last a long time as the teeth are only approx 5mm engaged

The flange unbolts from the skoda starter, I think with a small amount of machining it might be possible to increase the engagement

[warp]

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I installed the starter upside down as it seemed to be the easiest way but it fits the regular way as well.
It cranks my 2.5L type 4 with no problem.

[warp]

Paul F is right the Felicia starter engagement is not that big and the starter is VERY tough on the flywheel teeth which is why I already ditched it.
I will be using a 911 starter instead (SR68X) which is a 1.5 kW starter.

[paul_f]

How much engagement on the flywheel teeth did you get warp?

As the flywheel teeth are only 9mm wide, you could end up with even less than 5mm engagement

[warp]

How much engagement on the flywheel teeth did you get warp?

As the flywheel teeth are only 9mm wide, you could end up with even less than 5mm engagement

I use a 215mm wbx flywheel which for some reason has more narrow teeth than an regular type 4 flywheel. My guess is about 2mm engagement. It started to sound funny (maybe more scary then funny) after a couple of days and when I checked the teeth on my flywheel I could feel signifikante wear on the teeth already so I ditched the Skoda starter.