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Bacon slicer and 4 speed gearbox - goodwoodweirdo - 21-03-2022 Good morning chaps,  Just a little advise please, before I grind further into either my BS starter, is it usual the starter doesn't align on the flywheel housing, i have clearance issues on the LHS ? i'm only a few mm short, but are wondering if there is a gasket, plate, spacer the BS should be mounted on providing the clearance needed?  ....  I haven't seen anything online.. many thanks in-advance... Matt      RE: Bacon slicer and 4 speed gearbox - stuartu - 21-03-2022 The usual reason is the aluminium bendix housing fouling the foremost bolt head on the gearbox top. You may also find that a little judicious relief of the adjacent castings is called for but I would first remove the two gearbox top bolts under or near the bendix housing and do a trial fit to see if they are the culprits. If so, reducing the bolt head thickness usually works. Regards, Stuart RE: Bacon slicer and 4 speed gearbox - Stuart Giles - 21-03-2022 I think your problem is that you have a 1933 "crash" gearbox lid there. Here's the bacon slicer in my AG tourer. This is the post '33 gearbox and lid. RE: Bacon slicer and 4 speed gearbox - goodwoodweirdo - 22-03-2022 Thanks for the feedback, I double checked last night as I couldn't imagine I'd not seen a bolt head as being the culprit, they are clear.. I think its a case of further machining of the two faces or seeing if I can fit the post 33 lid... :-) I'm basically rebuilding a incomplete bitza car so its a steep learning curve cheers Matt RE: Bacon slicer and 4 speed gearbox - Hedd_Jones - 22-03-2022 The post '33 lid will not fit that gearbox.