My original Starter Motor in the S.L R ( 308 red) died many years ago,it only cleared the extractors by a few mm, so a few years ago I bought a "Jaylec Hi Torque Starter" last week it completely stuffed up,the solenoid is cooked and the car has been stuck at my brothers for the last week!.
I bought another Jaylec, because the stock size one has almost no clearance to extractors, ive tried the VR Commodore type ( Bosch BXH136) and it didn't fit because of the way the Solenoid was orientated, wasn't happy and had a lot of mucking about returning it for a refund at Repco. Anyways we bolt up the new Jaylec one today and goes WWWEEEEEETTTT!!! everytime we try start it?, the one I had in there prior had no probs at all!??.
So my car is still stuck at my brothers,I can only assume its not meshing with the flexplate for some reason??,yet the old one worked fine,its the exact same starter!??
Edited by 76S.L.R, 28 November 2015 - 08:17 PM.