In preparation for the next few events I decided to get the starter motor swapped over because it has a tendency to just "click" a couple of times before engaging and actually starting.
I was given a brand new OEM Lancia starter and told it was for a Beta. Exact same size, same mountings etc so in it went. All went well except for the actual starting. It did start pretty much instantly but it made a horrendous screeching noise when it did.
Took it off and the cog turned out to be slightly smaller :-(
Fitted a spare starter that was up in the garage loft, which I know has a similar clicking issue to the one that was originally fitted so the spare is now going to the recon people and I'll have it sorted properly.
I also forgot to fit the bracket for the clutch return spring.
Still at least I have nearly a dozen cuts & scrapes for my efforts!!
On the positive side I've tidied up and sorted a lot of spares in readiness for the parts from the S3 coupe that I'm about to break.
