[GraphicX]

all going well in the next 2-3 weeks i'll be heading to town to collect a motor to repower my jimny.

one thing i need for the conversion is a 'skinny' vitara starter motor & here in country SA chances are slim to none of locating one.

can anyone advise of a 3rd party/non-oem starter that will likely have the correct dimensions ? i could order the original bosch part, but it's insanely expensive imo.

thanks.

[Blkfxx]

OEX MXS811 to suit Holden Cruze YG M15A

That's what I've got in my sierra, Worked with the 1.3 and 1.6 I'm putting in now.

[GraphicX]

thanks for that blk, is that just for M series motors or definitely for G series as well (guessing G series as you've got one in your sierra, just wanna double check).

[GraphicX]

double post; just googled it, lead me straight back to AZ & here:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21410

thank you very much =)

[GraphicX]

local autopro has quoted $150 for it, very happy, about the part i was most worried about being able to obtain easily.

[want33s]

You can always grind a couple of mm off the side of a 1.3 sierra starter.

[GraphicX]

i saw chris (?) try that in the green goat thread & i think he killed it, wouldn't mind having a good starter on hand to just bolt up, aiming to only have the car off the road for a couple of days all going well.

[alien]

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29307

[GraphicX]

you need to grind a lot with a jimny starter though don't you ? or should i be able to get away with it ?

[jdk81]

I lightly ground down a jimny starter to fit the baleno motor.

[alien]

That was a sierra starter onto a vitara 1.6block with jimny head... frankengine