Hi Paul,
I'm glad to hear that you may have persuaded Tracy to consider offering

the adapter plate with starter at 3 o'clock !!!  I E-mailed him two weeks
ago and he wasn't interested at that time.  I really believe that a lot
of us would prefer this option.  He has a VERY nice redrive but the
starter at 6 o'clock is limiting.  I had one person tell me that he
bought a different PRSU for that very reason.  I on the other hand did
not realize that it would be a problem for me until I already had it
purchased and installed.  I would definitely be interested in obtaining
one of the adapter plates with the starter at the 3 o'clock position
although I have no use for the additional motor mount tabs.  Seems like
whoever machines these could make 20 and only put motor mount tabs on
10-15 of them.  Its no additional work to "NOT" add the motor mount
tabs!!  In fact it seems that the opposite would be true, and this would
keep the cost down for those who don't need the motor mount stuff.

Do you have any idea when this part might be available???
Please put my name at the top of the list!!!!!!!
Thanks again,
Don Mitchell

It is cheaper to do it the other way around. Make one part that will
work for all. It is easier to cut something off you don't need rather than
add something you do need. Heck Tracy could make the part large enough
so BOTH starter locations AND the motor mounts could be accommodated.
Then the end user cuts off what he does not need. Heck I would settle
for a rectangular 30 by 20 inch plate with all holes drilled that fit
the above description. Stick it in the band saw and cut off what you
don't need.

The motor mount slots and brackets themselves (if you wanted them) can
be done with hack, hole saw and a file. Simple. It is the mounting
holes, the starter holes  and oil seal bore that is hard for the end
user to do without a mill because of the precision required.

Paul Lamar

  I started with Tracy's plate and trimmed the plate across the bottom
parallel with the oil pan rail. Then used the PSRU mounting bolt hole at
about the 4:30 position with a longer than supplied bolt to pick up one of
the mounting ears for the starter. I then welded a "finger" onto the plate
to pick up the other starter mount hole. After welding I dressed off the
weld bead with a belt sander. This puts the starter at about 3:30.
Relatively easy for the shade tree types without access to machine tools.

Mike Wills

Nice work Mike. You would need to farm out the tig welding of course.
My 175 amp tig cannot weld 1/2 inch plate.

Paul Lamar
 
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