Starter Questions on GM 5.7 motors?

The person who sold u The Starter for $40.00 Made a Big mistake and More in likely isnot Working at that company anymore !

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I paid about that ($40) for my lifetime warrantied starter on my 91.

Was the starter that you bought rebuilt and your brothers new? That is the only reason for the incredible difference in price that makes sense unless the one on his truck is a totally different unit. ...Ron

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68'RS Camaro 88'Formula 00'GT Mustang

I changed the one in my 91 5.7 Suburban about a year ago and it was ~$95. I do think the $160 is a little high. You may want to have the parts guy pull both and just compare them to the one you pulled. Make sure they are the same size, same mounting bolt pattern and everything is exactly the same. In fact when they pulled the starter for my truck the one for the 350 wasn't correct but the one for the 454 was a perfect match...... You may consider taking it to a small rebuild shop that works on starters and alternators. It may not be bad but only the solenoid is bad.

mark

I will suggest this again, Autozone is lousy place for parts, but the on line catalog is a great source of info.

both your trucks use the same starter. core value is usually $40-$60 dollars. Quality Reman is about $124 Brand new runs in the neighborhood of $150 low end rebuilt runs about $90.

If you can find a good local rebuilder you can do better price wise, the problem seems to be finding a "good" one, who has a good parts source. More a problem with Alts. than starters.

prices are average from AZ's web site, and also NAPA's web site.

Rebuilt typically means, clean it up, inspect, replace only what is wore out/broke. A reman usually gets brushes, bearings/bushshings, armature turned, new bendex and anything else that is worn replaced. New is easy, everything is new. Also with GM starters the low end often does not include the solenoid, the Reman and new do include solenoids.

Whitelightning

PW, Remember, the starter bolts up the transmission, and if you have different transmissions, then it can effect the cost, but only if the mounting is different.

1955 thru 1962 265/283/327 CHEVY truck Had 3 bolts into the Belhousing ONLY

Sure it did. The 1955 265ci w/ standard transmission had the starter bolt to the bell housing. I don't know when they changed to bolting the starter motor to the block, somewhere in the early/mid 60's maybe.

If you look at the picture of the bell housing on the e-bay link below you can just make out the bolt holes on the left where the snout of the starter fits into it.

Here's a link to a starter that you can see the mounting flange on the snout of the starter. Very good reference pics here.

...Ron

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68'RS Camaro 88'Formula 00'GT Mustang

1962 was the last year for the CARS.. My 1 ton 1965 wreckers had the starters that bolted to the Bell housing . By the WAY , The Starter NECK was CAST IRON. both 6cyl and v8's

some 1960 Chev Impala's Came with a tubogulide automatic Tranny ( NO Shifting) and that was the only Chevy I know of in that year that had

3 Bolt Starter that bolted to the ENGINE BLOCK. I Know I OWNED one and Had a Hard time Finding a replacement Starter in 1963.

No Shifting like the Buick DYNAFLOW !

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your starter is a HIGH TORQUE starter ! for high compression engines

on a low torque Starter , the Starter HOT terminal is Close to the Solinoid . you use a Short Screw to join them. \on a High Torque there is a 1/2 inch spacer between the starter terminal and the solinoid, the Screw is longer to Join them!

the corvette Had a Bar like yours instead of the spacer ..

I talked to a GM mechanic that is a friend of a friend and he told me the difference was that 95 starter is a high torque model, but I should be able to use any one for that motor . I didn't get to ask why the

95 starter was a high torque but as l>

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He is WRONG..

if your Engine Requires the High Torque Starter , Then the LOW torgue will not last long.. The LOW TORQUE is For The inline 6 cyl.

if There is a Spacer Between the Solinoid and The Starter Terminal , Then it is HIGH TORQUE .. Some silinoids Had the Spacer built into The Solinoid

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But then why does the 93 cheyenne with the 5.7 require a low torque starter and the 95 5.7 require a high torque if the engines are the same. I am not trying to be difficult,I would just like to bring this up with my friends GM mechanic and explain it to him. Thanks, Phill Wolf