G40 starter motor

[juan]

I need to replace the starter motor on my g40 and i was just wondering is the g40 starter motor g40 specific or is it the same on all the small block polo engines?

Cheers,

Juan

[PeteG40]

all the same age are the same

[Fred]

Thats a good point Juan.
Not so long ago me and DK Dan and PeteG40 scapped a Genisis G40 conversion
Mainly due to stress cracks.
I specifically remember removing the starter motor and thinking the shaft
could be fatter where it locates in the Bell housing of the Gearbox.
This is where i saw the what i`ll assume to be a Phosphur Bronze Bush
in the Bell housing that looked thinner wall thickness to the one i replaced
in my mk2 gearbox when i rebuilt the starter motor for that car.
At 1st i thought to myself, Ferk me, that bush looks worn but then glanced
at the end of the shaft of the starter motor and tho i didn`t measure it
with vernier callipers did look like it would of been a decent fit.
Nodoubt Pete, Yoof, or Hayesey will put us right.
I`m going upto where my engine/gearbox is shortly so i`m gonna take the
spare bronze bush i got for the mk2 with me to see if it fits on me G40 starter.
Someone will probably answer this quiery before i get back anyway.
Bloody hell, Pete beet me to it. lol.

all the same age are the same

[hayesey]

Nodoubt Pete, Yoof, or Hayesey will put us right.

haha!

I've always thought they were the same.  Looking in the parts catalog at http://www.vagcat.com, there are three different part codes for the full starter (inc solenoid etc...) but it doesn't say what's different about them and it doesn't list specific engine codes.

[DKnight]

yup well said fred, it is true, they do differ in size

Yet i am still to come across one that is different, i got a replacement bush and it fit in the bell housing, but the starter didnt slot in the bush

I put it down to buying the wrong bush, but its worth double checking anyway

far too much talk of bush and slotting in this post

[Fred]

Yeah! Keep that starter motor Juan coz there easily rebuilt. Did mine for a lot less than the local Auto Electrical Factors charged for a overhaul rebuild. And i put a new Armateur in coz the old one had dead spots and if it happened to stop on one it wouldn`t work again.