hillbilly68
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the motor i picked up to rebuild has a reverse starter on it.... have ya'll heard anything good or bad about them?
Reverse Starter
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Drumzilla
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Well I've owned a few Taylor's that had 460 Fords in them with those reverse starters. I needed to replace one and I called every auto parts store around me and they all had to order one and they were around $250 for the cheapest one. I couldn't see spending that on a starter so I had mine rebuilt. Still cost me $100 and it was still an old starter. The same normal spinning starter for that motor brand new was only $55 with a life time warranty !! .. My 2 cents..
hillbilly68
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DrumZilla said:
thanks for your 2 cents drum, thats what i was needing to know, that was going to be my next question which was how available they are,
is there any dependability difference in the 2 different ones reverse vrs normal? or are they basically the same with the only difference being rotation?
blazeracer
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I took mine in to get it rebuilt in the spring and it was wasted. The guy at the shop took a new one and reverse wound it for me. It was $150 out the door AND a marine starter, NOT a car starter.
On the plus side a reverse wound starter mounts on the bellhousing side rather than the block side, so it's way easier to get on and off.
On the plus side a reverse wound starter mounts on the bellhousing side rather than the block side, so it's way easier to get on and off.
Last Mohecian
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blazeracer said:
Not to mention they are on the top. Keeps them out of the water if the bilge fills.