RE missing tooth on starter ringgear

[Beatty, Robert]

-----Original Message-----
From: Graham Thackrah [mailto:ggthack at swansea.ac.uk]


Hi Rob,

> >> I'm not sure how else you can detect this problem withoutpulling the
> tranny
> >> and looking at the flywheel, perhaps someone here on the list has that
> >> wisdom....
> 
> >what's wrong with looking at it through the timing inspection hole in
> >the transmission bell housing whilst someone else turns the crank slowly?
> 
> 
> hmmmmmm you could do that, but would be rather time consuming to do... 

agreed, but still several orders of magnitude quicker than pulling the
tranny!!!

Unless you have some professional rally mechanics on the case:)

isn't there an ecu code for this fault too?

Cherio,

Graham.


Nope... at least not on the 5ktq.. or if there is... my car doesnt know it
:)

Rob