Originally Posted By: mick53
You might want to try starter shims first. Just a thought.

I will try to diagnose the problem first. Seems to me that when the starter pedal is pushed it engages the starter drive gear to the flywheel. I have looked at that once and it seems the pedal pushes slightly skewed, in the video I mention I need to stomp it hard (so that it engages the drive gear properly).

Where do the starter shims go, do they go on the pedal mechanism? When the starter is out it's easy to see how it activates the drive gear. Do the shims go on the drive gear rod? Seems the same effect could be done at the flipper mechanism that the pedal attaches to. It was all muddy at the yard, of course, so didn't spend too much time there after I got it going reliably.

I wasn't aware of any shims.

TT
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