914 1,7 starter types, were both types used? Options

[larss]

Need to service the original starter, it is the common Bosch 914 one with a short output shaft.
My spare starter is a VW411 one, also a Bosch but with a much loger output shaft
reaching in to the engine case since it has no bearing for the output side which the original has.
I thought the 411 one would just slip in but there seems to be no hole in the engine case for the shaft, still I can see this type be sold as a 914 starter on Ebay.

Were both types used in the 914 and was the hole in the case just made when the long shaft type starter was installed?


/Lars

[struckn]

Thanks Cap'n that all makes sense. It was the Tabs opposite the energizing Connector I was concerned about, so all is good to go as soon as the new starter comes in, in a couple days. Should be easy installing if the upper bolt cooperates when it goes back in. I don't think I'll be able to see the hole laying on my back on a peace of card board on the garage floor. Fun learning new things at 62.

Doug