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New flathead Chrysler starter

vintagebike

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Just picked up my new Hi-Torque gear reduction starter for Sophie our 1949 Tucker. Now I won't have to hunt around on the floorboards in my snow boots to find the stab start switch. Also adding an auxilliary battery, isolation charging system and a battery joiner switch.
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JimVT

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no more hitting the gas and starter at the same time. are you keeping the floor one for looks?
 

IMP

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Will that starter bolt up to the 251 flathead Crystler motor with 146 teeth on the flywheel? If so I would really be interested in the part number and where you bought it.
 

vintagebike

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Installed, New flathead Chrysler starter

I got the new Hi Torque starter installed today. It took a bit of grinding on the adapter plate and some on the starter body to clear the large mount bolts but now it can be listed to fit the Tucker’s 1948-1949 Dodge truck T142 engine. The old stab pedal starter sounded like it was a can full of rocks but the new one is more like a sewing machine motor.:clap: I weighs about 1/4 as much and is only the size of a standard spin-on oil filter. Very happy. Now to install the reserve battery isolator and bypass. D60DF58F-5F00-42B6-A50D-542036D65D14.jpg
 

IMP

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Do you have a good email contact or phone number for the Hi-Torque Supply people? They dont seem to be very responsive when i tried to contact seller through Ebay. I would like to get a light weight starter for my 251 flathead to carry as a spare. Thanks for posting this info!
 
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