Weird 904 to 408 magnum starter interference issue. Dakota starter won't fit? 64 push button trans. is that the problem?

[Johnny Mac]

Maybe the shop should be called outside one FABO members should avoid using?

Sorry, by common, I mean the 904 starter deal Is more common that I realized. Not that the shop ripping people off is a common thing. I don't have enough details to do that. For all I know it's a car dealership with no classic experience, and no idea how much info they were given by cust. Or the reseller for that matter

 

[67Dart273]

There never was a cast iron 904. First year for the 904 was 1960 and it was for a slant six only. First V8 904 was 1964, when the 273 was first introduced.

BTW, I had to grind on the 383 block in my 64 Polara when I put a lightweight starter on it. Can't remember what the interference was, but I think it was the factory adapter on the two electrical terminals.

In fact the first years of the slant / 904 torqueflite, they are called a "Torqueflite 6" and the 727's were called "Torqueflite 8's"

 

[MidnightSwinger]

I thought I would give an update on my magnum 408 to 904 starter fitment issue. Because I had the motor and transmission mated and ready to install, I couldn’t get an angle grinder in there, which would have been quicker. About 20 mins of shaping with a die grinder and we have an air gap!

 

[PRH]

Good, no BS thread!!

 

[4eighteener]

Was that the standard mini-starter, or the short one that @slantsixdan recommend they eventually ended up using?

 

[MidnightSwinger]

Was that the standard mini-starter, or the short one that @slantsixdan recommend they eventually ended up using?

If you are asking me, that was a powermaster Mopar mini starter, which is a little bigger/longer than the standard mini, which I also have,and test fit before/after the block modification.