I'm no expert on the 6 cyl floor starter, but if it isn't physically in the way
with the V-8 installed you should be able to just use the electrical part of it
as the "start" position instead of using the key switch for that function.
Just run a wire (fairly heavy - 10 gauge should do) from a "hot when the key is
on" point to the foot switch. The other side of the foot switch should connect
to the "start" lug on the V-8's starter solenoid.
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Miller [mailto:edngael@open.org]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 12:24 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] Re: oletrucks-digest V2 #1879
You don't have to use an aftermarket front cross member; the various
vendors sell original type front mounts, with new rubbers and all. The
only difference would be, yours would be bolted on and the factory V-8's
would have been riveted. If you really wanted to make it look original
(mine doesn't), you would need to move your radiator toward the cab a
few inches and find that metal thing that covers up the gap between the
front of the truck and the radiator. My radiator is in the stock 6
cylinder location, but I have a fan clutch and stuff that moved the fan
to within about an inch of the radiator, so I'm OK with that. (I should
point out that I didn't switch motors on my truck; the V8 was in it when
I bought it, and it was only 10 years later that I figured out it wasn't
stock. It's actually out of some car '58 - 66, with a 327 4 barrel
intake and probably 327 heads.)
Too bad you can't keep the floor starter; I still don't understand why
not. Is it because the V8 starter uses a cylinoid and the 6 doesn't? I
have a hole in the floor board I need to plug one of these days....
Ed Miller
'58 Apache Short Fleetside
Devin wrote:
okay guys, the engine is coming out of a 66 1/2 ton. I'm getting it
complete
from air cleaner to oil pan, starter, manifolds etc. It has the holes
is the
front for the front type mount, but my 6 bolts to the sides of the
block.
With the V8 being shorter, I have to assume the existing mounts can't
work. I
do plan on using stock type mounts in the existing holes rather than an
aftermarket crossmember. I can get the bellhousing out of the 66, but I
don't
know whether it has the mounts to work in my '57.
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