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 Mark, 
Haven't seen the picture, but I've gone from 
needing to have exactly the right amount of stand off for the starter motor to 
realizing you can mount just about anything to anything provided the gears mesh 
and it has sufficient sizing - torque, power sun gear. 
The starter snout is probably put into the hole 
and supported by an appropriate internal spacer, which is itself bolted to 
the plate. 
Just a matter of imagination George (down under) 
  
  Michael,  
  I bought one of the ND starters and didn't use it because the snout was 
  too short to reach the ring gear.  If you notice the picture titled 
  "Surpluscenter dot com12VDC NIPPENSENSO.jpg", you'll see that the starter is 
  mounted on the inside of the adapter plate.  My guess is this was done to 
  get the starter gear to mesh with the flywheel ring gear.  Maybe I should 
  try mounting mine that way too.  Only problem might be getting 
  the big end through the little hole. 
    
  Mark S.  
 
  
    
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