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Old October 2nd, 2025, 05:52 PM
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Default Re: Question about starters

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Originally Posted by jerrspud View Post
I almost had to do that when the starters weren't available a couple of years ago.

The ones that are available now are for 61-65. I guess you are calling them short nose? but according to the catalogs... 66 something changed.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...pt=4152&jsn=14

When I was doing research to rebuild mine the plan was to use a big bock starter and swap the guts. Glad to see you got your issue solved.
Thanks. I called them shortnose because it seems they use a shorter starter nosepiece, hence the term. Possibly they switched to the longer nose in '66.

Those WAI 4038N starters seem to use the longer nose and are high torque from the get go. A good solution if you need a new starter I think.
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