New starter | which to get??

Last night was using a torch to get ring gear off. Got it to move a little bit. We have a press at my work got it off in 20 seconds haha

Spotrep wrote: Is this the part number for the damper i need? Got a 1;1 Velvet drive. SKIDIM: R140001

Prices have shot up and many places are out of stock. All ready trimmed ones have gone up almost 50 bucks at the place many of us buy them. Already trimmed-

What would I do with y’all?!

Thanks a bunch guys

I didn't buy one of these but I stumbled onto it on EBAY a few minutes ago, just cause I wanted to see if I could find a better price than Gary 

 from the looks of that picture with all that rust.....I'd definitely replace it. 

So your alright putting in a Chinese sourced drive plate? To each his own.

Gary S wrote: I saw that one Ken but it scared me off since the description never mentioned Sachs or Alto. I'm concerned they used a generic picture. Here is the verbiage- HGE 4K2C Marine Drive Plate GM Chevy 305 350 26 Spline Velvet Drive 1004-650-006   In the description it says made in China  Here is the other listing,the one I bought- ALTO DAMPER PLATE DA-106 *NEW* It came in a Sachs box.... Made in America......Brazil in this instance

Brazil and Germany have always had a good working relationship. 

Gary S wrote: So your alright putting in a Chinese sourced drive plate? To each his own.

I followed up with Fred Warner as the listing did seem possibly inconsistent… this was their reply:

“These are manufactured by HGE and their part number is 4K2C. We used to get these through Alto (DA-106) but their quality was sliding, and the price was about three times higher. So we had them made by HGE for us. The picture is likely still the old one. Looking closely I do see it still says Sachs on it! I'll get the photo updated. The new ones looks identical but the metal is jslightly darker.

Thank you,
Fredwarner Marine
Sales & Support”

Or you could just shrug your shoulders and say I got a "good damper at a good price" and make sure you know where to cut it so you don't have to buy another one. 

Spotrep wrote: Sidenote: At what point do I just need to create a new thread for this project?

I have indeed! There seems to be a slight amount of bend in the plates that were causing the bolts to bind slightly. I found that if I start them all with only 1-2 threads I had enough clearance otherwise I couldn’t access the holes without cross threading.

However- and I’m ashamed to admit- I found some freeze/casting/frost/etc. plugs in the bilge.. we had a cold Texas evening.. and I didn’t winterize.

I have to pull the motor in order to access the plug holes so I can drive new ones in. I’m praying that the block is okay. I’m gonna check the oil for water first thing.