mack1

Hi Blitzkreig75,

Your forgot to mention that the starter clicked in your first post. Your friends are probably right about the fly wheel gear teeth being flattened on the edge toward the starter. The starter's gear is also beveled and will also be flattened as the teeth hit each other without engaging.

You should have seen a very good improvement when you put the starter in new. Often this fixes that problem in that the flywheel has many teeth and the starter only has about 6 or 8 and will be much more flattened than the flywheel teeth.

Pull your starter and look at the end of the gear. You might be able to notice that it is flattened on the beveled edge toward the flywheel (the outside end of the gear). If it is, you'll know that that is the problem and might want to try another new starter. Changing the flywheel is a lot of work. If you can get your head up high enough, or use a mirrow you can look at the flywheel teeth. Use a wrench on the crankshaft to turn the engine to see all the teeth.

Best regards,
Mack1