Mika Komulainen

Have enyone tried? I bought rear starter ib5 to replace my old bc box because bearings. Starter hits the oil filter but have heard there's way out of it ?

haz87

Smaller starter should do the trick. Transit connect may well be small enough and meshes fine with the CVH flywheel (i used one albeit front mounted)

XR2

People keep saying it "should" work. But I've never seen any proof yet.

When Ford started to use the rear starter boxes, the 1.4 PTE (CVH successor) still were fitted with front starter boxes. When there's no big issue fitting rear starter boxes to the CVH engine then why did Ford only use these boxes on the Zetec-E and Zetec-S engines?

Mika Komulainen

Yes bought the back starter box and the gap between filter and starter mount is maybe 30-40 millimeters ? Some engineering before you get it there. Also had to chop one gearbox mount bracket from cvh block. It lined up straight to the ib5 starter mount hole.

XR2

Pics?

Mika Komulainen

Here the gap from fitment plate to filter

Different view

Mika Komulainen

XR2

Oh dear.

Mika Komulainen

Maybe i just find front starter version

Mika Komulainen

Dunno if the transit starter is less than 70 millimeters from the mounting surface ?

haz87

Yer the Transit starter isnt fitting in there - didn't realise it was that tight. No idea how people have got round this

XR2

They probably didn't. The breather pipe stands in the way and even when you use an oil filter relocation kit there's not enough space for any starter motor.

They all probably had early Zetec engines, no big issue using rear starter boxes with these engines.

Mika Komulainen

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Mika Komulainen

haz87

Did that get pulled out of a tar pit?:O

Mika Komulainen

Probably yes, box is in. Tomorrow modification of the clutch fork, wonder how that bigger flat release bearing works :OO