{"id":10560,"date":"2016-08-11T17:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/?p=10560"},"modified":"2016-08-11T17:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T17:00:28","slug":"how-many-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/11\/how-many-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW MANY TEETH?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/news_minispares_starter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-10561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.totalkitcar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/news_minispares_starter-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"news_minispares_starter\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When replacing the starter on a Mini that was built before the change to pre-engaged starters in 1984\/5 it&#8217;s vital to obtain the right parts.<\/p>\n<p>The inertia starter needs to have the correct nine-tooth pinion and this is rarer than the ten-tooth type used on other British Leyland cars such as the Sprite, Spitfire and Mini Metro; these often get fitted to Minis as they&#8217;re cheaper, but doing so can ruin the ring gear or the bendix teeth.<\/p>\n<p>It is also important to obtain the correct solenoid. Early Minis had the type with a push-button, which was useful for turning the engine while adjusting the tappets.<\/p>\n<p>Mini Spares can now supply the correct nine-tooth GXE4404 starter at \u00a378.76 inc VAT and the original type BMK1727 solenoid with push-button starter at \u00a317.28 inc VAT.<\/p>\n<p>The starter is sold on an outright basis so customers can retain their original to rebuild at some stage; the donor units are now becoming very rare as they have not been fitted to production cars for over 20-years.<\/p>\n<p>For more details call 01707 607 700 or visit <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minispares.com\">www.minispares.com<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">ENDS.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>When replacing the starter on a Mini that was built before the change to pre-engaged starters in 1984\/5 it&#8217;s vital to obtain the right parts. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/11\/how-many-teeth\/\" title=\"HOW MANY TEETH?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkc.grainwork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}