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| | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 34 | ok i have a 57 1/2 ton with the 235 floor starter and everything but im assuming that the 1957 1/2 tons that where the 283 v8 options did they have the floor startes in them as well is so im looking for one of those bell housings so i can keep the original floor starter in my 57 with a v8 in fron of it | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | The only trucks that used the floor starter where the manual transmission 6 cylinder. Hydramatic 6 cylinders and V8 trucks used a solenoid type starter. They also use a different ignition switch that has a "start" position. The floor starter is not compatible with the V8 bellhousing.
Side note, the '57 1/2-1 1/2 tons did not have a 283 option. They still used the 265. The 283 wasn't offered in the lighter trucks until '58.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 106 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 106 | I have had numerous late '55 - '59 trucks, none of them that had original v8s had foot starters. Also the '57 had a 265 in it. Check your trim plate. | | |
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