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George, My comments were a little "tongue-in-cheek". If you look at the 2nd picture that Michael sent (the one I referred to in my previous posting), you can see that the adapter plate has been cut to allow the starter to be slipped in from the side. Normally, you will find starters fastened from the other side.
On my application, I had spent much time and effort to build a new adapter plate in order to relocate the starter to the 9 o'clock position. I didn't want to cut it up to fit a starter that I wasn't sure would spin a 20B. Besides, I believe the starter is designed to have the load carried by the starter casting around the large mounting hole, not the two mounting bolt ears. So, I decided to go ahead and pay the weight penalty and use the stock Mazda starter. However, I would be interested to hear if someone has used the ND starter on a 20B.
Mark On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:29 PM, George Lendich <lendich@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
Mark,
Haven't seen the picture, but I've gone from
needing to have exactly the right amount of stand off for the starter motor to
realizing you can mount just about anything to anything provided the gears mesh
and it has sufficient sizing - torque, power sun gear.
The starter snout is probably put into the hole
and supported by an appropriate internal spacer, which is itself bolted to
the plate.
Just a matter of imagination
George (down under)
Michael,
I bought one of the ND starters and didn't use it because the snout was
too short to reach the ring gear. If you notice the picture titled
"Surpluscenter dot com12VDC NIPPENSENSO.jpg", you'll see that the starter is
mounted on the inside of the adapter plate. My guess is this was done to
get the starter gear to mesh with the flywheel ring gear. Maybe I should
try mounting mine that way too. Only problem might be getting
the big end through the little hole.
Mark S.
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