Took a couple of shots of our duff starters today to illustrate what I've been talking about.
This is the starter originally on no.1. It had seized solid and looked pretty much as no.4 in the shot below. Note the missing bits of mag-alloy!
This starter hasn't been touched and is how it was taken off no.4. Surprisingly, it still ran! :o The inspection cover is off and lying behind the starter under that chair
Just in case someone has one of these in their garage.. the markings taken off the ID plate are:
Rotax Type C 14201
Ser. No. 1221 (the top pic.. 1176 for the bottom pic)
28v Motor
For Use With C12505
Yeh.. you're not wrong mate :roll: There really is too much missing on no.4's old starter to even contemplate cleaning it and putting it back. I don't know what the timescale for manufacture was on these units (these 2 are only 45 numbers apart) but they were so much worse than the inner 2. Odd that 3 are grey and one is cream/white but of course, that matters not as it's inside that counts. No.4 DID look like it had been installed in the shop rather than 'on the line' if you know what I mean ;-)
any chance there are enough of the four to make molds to recast the parts?
would they have to be magnesium alloy?
if not any chance there are starters even close that could be fitted using an adapter ring?
my hopes are to keep the engines running periodically so they don't go bad from just setting
I hope you'll come up with something to keep the ol girl running ..........
Yes mate. The starter now on no.4 was 'borrowed' off a demonstration/display engine and is in grade 'A' condition. Similarly, the one on no.3 had only very minor corrosion and looks 'near new'. AFAIK, there would be no requirement for any replacement to be cast in magnesium ;-) It is not beyond the scope of any small engineering company to be able to fabricate a new one. The major problem is finding both the will and the finance to make it happen.
