According to the 57 factory service manual, 6's with standard transmissions
got floor push button starters. Everything else got one of two styles
of solenoid starters.
The solenoid starters got an off-on-start ignition switch.
Bruce K
57 3200
Mt. Iron, MN
At Sunday, 9 March 2003, you wrote:
>So what did trucks that came from the factory with V8's have so
start them?
>Not a floor starter?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
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>Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 3:29 PM
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] Re: why you can't keep the floor starter...
>
><< Too bad you can't keep the floor starter; I still don't understand
why
> not. Is it because the V8 starter uses a cylinoid and the 6 doesn't?
I
> have a hole in the floor board I need to plug one of these days....
> Ed Miller >>
>
> The reason is, the starter on the 6-cylinder is on the side
of the 6
>cylinder motor with no obstruction straight up ( hence Straight
6 ), whereas
>on the V-8, you have an overhanging block with 4 pistons ( V-shape vs.
>Straight ), so there's no way the starter can be mounted high up
enough to
>use the original location, the starter is now lower, almost under
the motor.
>The starter mounts to the block, NOT to the transmission, so due
to that
>change, there is no physical way the floor starter can be used again,
as the
>V-8 starter is physically lower down now. The 6 starter uses the floor
>pedal
>as the solenoid, true, but due to the lower mounting position, none
of the
>hardware will reach the hole, even if the 6 starter is capable of
fitting a
>V-8 block. The 6 starter is straight up and down, whereas I think
the V-8
>starter has the solenoid cocked over to the side a bit to clear the
>overhanging cylinder wall of the block, so the foot mechanism might be
>tilted
>off to one side, even if you could mount it to a V-8 starter.
> That's my assessment and I'm stickin' to it. :)
>
>Jerry in Virginia
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