From: RYoung03A@aol.com
Message-ID: <37.ae6170b.2707fe9d@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:42:37 EDT
Subject: Continental 550 Starter/Sdtarter adapter
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With only about 30 hours on my IO 550 G in my IV I'm having a problem with 
the starter spring "grabbing"  the shaft and cranking the engine.  Sometimes 
I'm able to "bump" it around with the starter switch and make it grab just 
enough for startup. I discussed this situation with Charlie Kohler and he had 
been through it before, citing  engine kick-back as a possible reason to make 
this happen and somehow damage the adapter causing the spring not to grab.  I 
removed the starter and adapter today and found that everything looks normal, 
with spring intact, not broken and the action seems ok.  Charlie, do you, or 
does anyone else(Mike DeHate) have any more thoughts on this before I replace 
this adapter assembly or try ordering a new one?????????  Thanks, Bob Young ( 
RYoung03A@AOL.com)
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