1974 Duster
If you plan on using the factory flexplate be advised that the old school starter bendix strikes the tone wheel preventing the car from starting!
I think Chrysler moved the starter location on the A-500 and 42RH (overdrive 904 units) so the same flexplate could be used with the 518/46RE.
The mini-starter I have here will not fit with the 904, there is a section of the starter the strikes the block. There is a large "hole" at the rear near the oil pan rail, looks like 1/4 of the edge has to be removed.
The mini-starter does NOT have the large bendix like the old school starter does. I think I can grind off a section of the block and it just might work.
Otherwise you have to pull the motor out and have the tone wheel machined off.
What a pain..
Car is running, 65 psi of oil pressure! Who would have thought a .480 lift cam would have been so darn quiet?? I feel so outdated, it use to be when you had a .480 lift cam you knew it! SOB idles like a stocker.
I'm going to take a break for a few days, maybe on the road next weekend.
If you plan on using the factory flexplate be advised that the old school starter bendix strikes the tone wheel preventing the car from starting!
I think Chrysler moved the starter location on the A-500 and 42RH (overdrive 904 units) so the same flexplate could be used with the 518/46RE.
The mini-starter I have here will not fit with the 904, there is a section of the starter the strikes the block. There is a large "hole" at the rear near the oil pan rail, looks like 1/4 of the edge has to be removed.
The mini-starter does NOT have the large bendix like the old school starter does. I think I can grind off a section of the block and it just might work.
Otherwise you have to pull the motor out and have the tone wheel machined off.
What a pain..
Car is running, 65 psi of oil pressure! Who would have thought a .480 lift cam would have been so darn quiet?? I feel so outdated, it use to be when you had a .480 lift cam you knew it! SOB idles like a stocker.
I'm going to take a break for a few days, maybe on the road next weekend.