Starter Motor bolt pattern
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From: San Antonio TX
Starter Motor bolt pattern
I read Tom Parsons posting from 2009 on starter motors and it was awesome. There is one outstanding question that I have.
The starter motor on my 65 bolts to the bell housing. Pep Boys computer shows a starter that bolts to the block.
The question is then, what years in the c1-c2's bolt to the bellhousing vs. the block?
Also, the starter motor worked when it came off the car. Now it doesn't. The solenoid is still good but the motor itself is no bueno. So do you think it just seized up from sitting for a year?
The starter motor on my 65 bolts to the bell housing. Pep Boys computer shows a starter that bolts to the block.
The question is then, what years in the c1-c2's bolt to the bellhousing vs. the block?
Also, the starter motor worked when it came off the car. Now it doesn't. The solenoid is still good but the motor itself is no bueno. So do you think it just seized up from sitting for a year?
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You must have a C1 bellhousing and 14" 168-tooth C1 flywheel - that's the only combination a bellhousing-mounted starter works with. '63-'68 small-block Corvettes all had 12-3/4" 153-tooth flywheels, and the block-mounted starters had the attaching bolts directly across from each other.
Does your bellhousing have a sheet metal cover on the bottom? '63-up bellhousings didn't - they fully enclosed the flywheel.
