a friend of mine did the same thing but wanted it to look stock so he made a
switch up out of the old floor push button to roll the engine like the key
would
looked great worked great
he also made it look origional
mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <GremlinGTs@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 2:28 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Re: why you can't keep the floor starter...
> << 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 >>
>
> The reason is, the starter on the 6-cylinder is on the side of the 6
> cylinder motor with no obstruction straight up ( hence Straight 6 ),
whereas
> on the V-8, you have an overhanging block with 4 pistons ( V-shape vs.
> Straight ), so there's no way the starter can be mounted high up enough to
> use the original location, the starter is now lower, almost under the
motor.
> The starter mounts to the block, NOT to the transmission, so due to that
> change, there is no physical way the floor starter can be used again, as
the
> V-8 starter is physically lower down now. The 6 starter uses the floor
pedal
> as the solenoid, true, but due to the lower mounting position, none of the
> hardware will reach the hole, even if the 6 starter is capable of fitting
a
> V-8 block. The 6 starter is straight up and down, whereas I think the V-8
> starter has the solenoid cocked over to the side a bit to clear the
> overhanging cylinder wall of the block, so the foot mechanism might be
tilted
> off to one side, even if you could mount it to a V-8 starter.
> That's my assessment and I'm stickin' to it. :)
>
> Jerry in Virginia
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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