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| | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 | On ebay, i recently found a mini starter for 348/409/ early chevy sixes. Has anyone used one? how do yuo like it? I believe it's a hitaci style.
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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | 348/409 chevs. are V-8s. Ive never used any of the mini starters but wonder about them myself. I still like the high torgue GM starters. They are cheap & plentiful & easy to work on.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 | I believe the 348/409's use the same bell housing bolt to the flange mount as 235/261's. These starters interchange. On the 'bay, they only come up when I search for 409 starters.
I work on Harleys, so I mess with nippondenso starters all the time, and I really like them. We have little pushrod like solenoid actuators so you can bump them around by pushing on the end of the solnoid housing. Might be handy when adjusting valves or other work under the hood.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Didn't Chevrolet V8s go to block mounted starters in '58? I think the Small Block did.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 | That could be, but I know in my '62, if you got a v8, it mounted the same as the six (2 bellhousing mounts, one front mount.)
the bellhousing for the eight takes has the starter mount.
Anywat, check it out on e-bay. Search for 348 or 409 starter. The seller is qtip43, he has a starting bid of 149.00. Last time I went to the pomona swap meet, I asked all the start people, and they said they could get 'em in hitachi or nippondenso style.
the hitachi go for around $85.00, njppodensos $160.00
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,792 | Block-mounted starters came along in the mid-70's, I believe. The earlier ones had a 3-bolt flange mount that bolted to the bellhousing.
The mini-starters are Japanese-made, and they use a planetary gear reduction to let the motor armature run at higher speed than a direct drive starter. They sound funny, but they do a pretty good job of cranking the engine. I don't think I've ever seen one that has a bellhousing mount, but there's no reason it couldn't be set up that way.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 | They spin way better, and use less amperage, to boot.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 125 | Plus, these starters have become pretty universal in application, so parts are everywhere! Around here, old Chevy parts can't be had at your local parts stores, anymore. Everything I try to get for my Chevies is special order. I can get Hitachi and Nippondeso parts easily.
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