We had to replace ours last year (cracked bendix housing). We went with the
Skytek starter and have been very pleased with it. I'm sure part of it was binding in
the gear before due to the crack, but the new starter really cranks the engine over.
Rather than appreciably slowing down on the compression stroke, the new one plows
right through it and starts easily. Also lost something like 7 lbs on the nose...
good deal.

-Cory

wrote:
: We are about to order a factory rebuilt Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 engine for our
: Arrow IV. The engine comes with a new starter, and we can choose either the
: "conventional" Prestolite MZ-4222 or the "light weight" Sky-Tech 149-12PM.
: Price is the same either way. We have never used anything but he
: conventional Prestolite and have no experience with Sky-Techs. Our mechanic
: says that he has seen fewer problems with the Prestolite, but that is based
: mainly on experience with rental fleet airplanes that get a lot more starter
: abuse than ours. My personal experience is that most starter problems
: relate to the Bendix gear, which is apparently eliminated in the Sky-Tech
: design.
: I would welcome informed opinions on which way to go.

: --
: -Elliott Drucker

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