Starter 408 mk1

[408VIKING]

I have found a starter motor with the same specification as the Australian one. Torqq 6203. It replaces 3-bolt with 2-bolt. The spigot is the correct diameter and the bolt spacing is correct.

However, there are two problems:
1. To run free of motor, it must be mounted upside down. Then the drainage ends up.
2. Pinion goes out 45 mm compared to 50 mm with original starter motor. It then has only half the engagement on the ring gear.

The flange is 7.5 mm thick. Expect to remove 2.5 mm which gives an engagement of 7.5 mm. Possibly I will make it in steel.

All the searches I've done in the US on my engine type only show remanufactured 3-bolt starters.

Regards
Per

[Roger Morrall]

I don’t know if this will be of any help but many years ago when the original 410 starter motor gave up I got a geared replacement from the UK Jensen specialists Cropedy Bridge Motors who were just down the road from where we then lived. I bore it home in triumph on the back of my bike! It fitted perfectly and improved things enormously.

As you will know Jensens used the 7 litre Chrysler engine, from the USA

The point of this story is that it suggests that the Chrysler used exactly the same starter motor across a very wide range of engines and you probably don’t need to focus too hard on the exact engine type or where it was originally built