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smitty city

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I am working on a 48 flathead six. I read that the starters are the same except the bendix gear is 9 teeth on the six and 10 on the v-8, is this correct? Also I pulled the starter and it has 10 teeth?? It started with the 10 tooth starter so what gives?
 
Not sure about '47 and earlier, but '48-'51 sixes use a 9 tooth drive. A 10 tooth will work but wears on the ring gear teeth.
 
Well, I'm confused. Here's what the Truck Parts shows.
 

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Not sure what they mean. My avatar was a 58,000 mile 6 cylinder car when I got it and it had a 9 tooth. I bought an original NOS Ford boxed 9 tooth off e-pay when I had the starter converted to 12 volt. I still have the box at home somewhere. I'll try to find it tonight. I bought a 254 engine complete (not sure what year)and another 226 from a '50 car and they both had 10 tooth drives.
 
amodel25 said:
Not sure what they mean. My avatar was a 58,000 mile 6 cylinder car when I got it and it had a 9 tooth. I bought an original NOS Ford boxed 9 tooth off e-pay when I had the starter converted to 12 volt. I still have the box at home somewhere. I'll try to find it tonight. I bought a 254 engine complete (not sure what year)and another 226 from a '50 car and they both had 10 tooth drives.
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do you guys think the 10 tooth starters in the sixes were replaced incorrectly?
 
the 48 F1 we are working on has been in the owners family for about 50 years ( they are the second owners), we pulled the starter and it has a 10 tooth gear, but could it be that it was replaced improperly sometime during the first ownership?
 
The green book is somewhat confusing - see P 496. No mention of later (H-series) sixes. So, I looked in my '48 - '56 truck book(s) and find references that can be interpreted to show both 9 tooth and 10 tooth pinions used in the 226 CI six. I think I would put back what was working. As a rule, Henry didn't change things just for the fun of it and commonly used the same accessories on both 6 and 8.
 
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