Did Ford use Shims?
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Did Ford use Shims?
had a little starter trouble on my truck. might need new flywheel and starter. someone told me i problably need to use shims on my truck. I told him that i did not know of FORD using shims on their starters and that was mostly a Chevy thing. He swears on it that he onced owned a ford and it had shims on his starter. Did FORD ever use shims on any of their starters? My truck is a 77 ford F250, two wheel. 460 and C6. converted from 400 to 460 if that helps.
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AFAIK Ford didn;t use shims.
The didn't have to.
They designed the starters for manuals different than those do automatics.
There were also bendix gear differences.
There are short nose Starters & Long nose starters.
See my last post in the Tips & Tricks thread.
It's about starters.
The didn't have to.
They designed the starters for manuals different than those do automatics.
There were also bendix gear differences.
There are short nose Starters & Long nose starters.
See my last post in the Tips & Tricks thread.
It's about starters.
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My '74 F100 with 428 had shims. I removed them when I had the C6 rebuilt, and never had trouble.
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400 and 460 starters are different. If you have a 400 starter, it will not work right on a 460.
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