It's impossible for the starter to rotate in rhe wrong direction unless you have connected the battery the wrong way round. If this is the case, the voltage regulator and/or alternator stator will be toast.
Are you sure it's wrong, and it's not just the Bendix drive that's stuck?
phil_saunders@bigfoot.com
Phil Saunders
September 2008
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