I suspect "early Chryslers" would be no earlier than 1962, the year Chrysler
introduced its reduction gear starter. With the new starter, the number of
teeth on the ring gear changed. Also, the older direct-drive starters had
the solenoid mounted on the starter while the reduction gear starter had it
mounted on the firewall or inner fender. Should also point out that
1962-64 Chryslers and Dodge 880 models with a 3-speed manual transmission
used the direct-drive starter as well as all Canadian-built 1962-66 slant
six models.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: C. B. Kidder
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:50 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] PowerMaster hi-torque starters for early Chryslers
Hot rod suppliers like Summit Racing (www.summitracing.com) advertise
high-torque starters that work on "early Chryslers", but I can tell you from
experience they don't work on 1960 RB 383s with A/T. I ordered their model
#9300 but the ears, solenoid, and nose positions are different so it won't
work. So after almost 2 hours in the gutter in the rain last week trying to
swap out my bad starter, it's a grimy and wet lesson learned. The good news
is that the local CarQuest auto parts was able to rebuild mine in 2 days for
$50.
Brion Kidder
60 Saratoga
Orange, CA
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