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Removal of a starter on a pre-'80 Spica car is a piece of cake, although on the '75> that have the proper motor mount brace for the starter, it can be a little more involved. On a '72 - '72, with the 0.7, it's a 10 minute job.
As for swapping gears from an early starter to the gear-reduction type, I doubt that would be possible, as the two starters are really built very differently. One thing that I forgot to mention is that some starters have 9 teeth, while others have only 8 teeth on the pinion gear. I believe the '72 - '74 and '90 - '94 have 9. I should have probably counted the teeth on the gear-reduction starter I used on my '74, but didn't think of it at the time. I also never verified the 131 teeth on the ring gear, and with a car that old, that's another factor that might have changed.
Here's a suggestion, though. Perhaps ask Alternator-Starter Express to count the teeth on a gear-reduction starter they have in stock, and explain to them that there are actually two different versions between '86 and '94, even though they only list one. Ask if you can buy a starter and return it, if it turns out not to be a match, but specify a 9-tooth pinion if they have one. For $100, it's worth a try.
I've got a spare 1.1hp starter somewhere, and if I Iget a chance tonight, I'll count the teeth on the pinion, just to verify that the middle years have 8 teeth.
Regards,
Dean
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