I have a 1915, swing axle and cannot figure out why the starter is not meshing properly have had this problem since I bought it, rebuilt the engine with 8 dowel crank and chromoly flywheel 200mm, I have built many vws and have never run into this, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Do you have a 6 volt starter on it? If so the gears don't match the 200mm flywheel
Or you could have a bushing issue I would swap what you have out for a 12v starter from an auto-stick. It has more torque, it is self supported and is available with a lifetime warranty from many of the larger auto supply places. (Autozone, Advanced Auto, etc)
The advice to use the automatic stick shift starter is the best yet most disregarded advice on any VW forum. Take Jeff's advice.
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