: Hey guys I am working on my wife's 60 Valiant.
: Its a 3 speed with a newer 225 in it.
: Problem is that it has the original
: flywheel!
:
: Which means........yup, the direct drive
: starter is dead and I am apparently just
: stone cold out of luck on finding a
: replacement. I could pay through the nose to
: have it rebuilt, but it seems to me that the
: wisest thing to do would be to go ahead and
: put a newer style ring gear on it instead of
: rebuilding the obsolete "nope, never
: heard of that....all mopars use gear
: reductions" starter.
:
: SO.....anyone have an extra ring gear that they
: might be willing to sell? Thanks,
: Andy in Austin

:
: So there is no confusion, this is a 3 speed
: manual shift, has a clutch and a flywheel
: right?
:
: Either way, you are on the right track, swap to
: the later flywheel or torque converter and
: you can use the gear reduction starter.
: DD

: Oops, yup, it is a three speed on the floor!
: Pretty fun little car. Freshly rebuilt 225,
: brand new clutch, put it all back together,
: and a short while later.....DEAD STARTER!
: Arrrgghgh!
:
: Anyhow - will be nice to be able to put a
: "mini-starter" on that car. That
: old thing weighed about as much as the
: Valiant itself.
:
: Anyhow - if anyone knows where I could get a
: ring gear - maybe I could even use the same
: flywheel and just change out the ring gear?

: ones used on the '66-'69 4spd hemi cars? If
: so, I saw a new product notice about a year
: ago that Accel was releasing new and
: improved version.