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Hey I'm new to the Forum. I just put my second starter in 4 years into my 78 F100. When I got the first one it lookEd like the one that I pulled out and turned in for the core charge in 2013. Bought another one Saturday, it looks identical to the one that I just pulled out. My father and rebuilt the truck and I'm wondering if he swapped Transmissions. When I reach inside the bell housing I can feel where there was like a nipple cast into the housing itself. When I insert this starter the nipple on the end and the nipple in the house in touch and I can't get it flush to the cover plate. Does anyone have any idea what Transmissions would fit the 78 inline 6 with a starter that's very very very similar. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
i had this exact problem last week. i have 77 f100 custom, inline 6, 3 on the tree.
where did you get the starter from? i replaced my starter last week, picked one up at advanced auto, went home, and then proceeded to crack the casing on the starter b/c it didn't fit flush. i was thinking it would line up if i slowly tightened the bolts a turn at a time, then 'SNAP'.
took it back to advanced and luckily he exchanged it for a new one at no charge. went back home, and finally figured out it was not fitting fully into the bellhousing b/c of that `****` or whatever (pic attached).
i then went back to advanced, compared the original starter to the new one and you could see the starters were similar, but the ones from advanced were about 1/16" too long. the guy at advanced told me "just file down the tip of the starter until it fits flush". i thought that was the absolutely wrong way to solve it. so i asked for my money back and then went to carquest across town and thank god they had a starter that matched up perfectly.
Wow, you don't even have to measure, you can see it.
I thought they rebuilt the cores? I know you got to bring an old one in or get charged?
Guess eventually folks eat the charges up to a point and they run out of cores. Then the dudes in Pakistan try to replicate their old patterns not knowing anything about a starter and this is what happens...
Wow, you don't even have to measure, you can see it.
I thought they rebuilt the cores? I know you got to bring an old one in or get charged?
Guess eventually folks eat the charges up to a point and they run out of cores. Then the dudes in Pakistan try to replicate their old patterns not knowing anything about a starter and this is what happens...
This is good to know!
yeah, i only compared the starters only so the guys at advanced auto could see they gave me the wrong starter ... twice, in a matter of an hour. i know it wasn't their fault, they only supply what the computer tells them will fit but at some point, someone has to know that **** isn't kosher.
and you are right, you have to give them your old starter or get charged a "$15 core charge"
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1978 F-100 Custom
