Fred,
NOW SEE WHAT YOU'VE GONE AND DONE!!!
Bob
At 09:05 PM 8/17/98 -0400, hoftiger wrote:
>Now this is interesting. I had a 260 in my Tiger. I pulled it and put in a
289
>bare block that I bought at a junk yard. I used the heads, crank, rods,
etc. off
>the 260 along with the transmission and bellhousing. I used the starter
off my
>260 as well. Where would the difference in the starters show up. Not
apparently
>just with the block as my situation would indicate.
>
>Curt Hoffman
>
>FHSLOTH@aol.com wrote:
>
>> WHEN I REPLACED THE STARTER MOTOR ON MY MK1 A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, I ASKED THE
>> PARTS MAN AT MY LOCAL STORE FOR A STARTER FOR A 289, THINKING THAT HE WOULD
>> NOT HAVE A STARTER FOR A 260..
>>
>> AFTER FIGHTING WITH IT FOR AN HOUR, I WENT BACK AND COMPLAINED THAT HE HAD
>> GIVEN ME THE WRONG STARTER. HE CHECKED HIS PARTS BOOK AND SAID IT WAS THE
>> CORRECT ONE. I TOOK THE OLD STARTER WITH ME AND WE COMPARED THE PHYSICAL
>> DIMENSIONS OF BOTH.
>>
>> IT TURNS OUT THE 260 STARTER MOTOR IS SHORTER IN THE STROKE OF THE GEAR
THAT
>> ENGAGES THE FLYWHEEL, AND THE HOUSING AROUND THIS GEAR HAS A THINNER WALL
>> THICKNESS THAN THAT FOR THE 289. NO WONDER I COULDN'T FORCE IT IN PLACE.
>>
>> MY PARTS GUY (WITH 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS) ALSO SAID THE
289 HAD
>> A DIFFERENT OIL PUMP ASSEMBLY.
>>
>> HE DID HAVE THE 260 STARTER IN STOCK, IT WAS CHEAPER THAN THE 289 MOTOR,
AND
>> FIT RIGHT IN PLACE.
>>
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HELPS WITH THE 260/289 DEBATE, BUT IT IS ONE AREA IN
>> WHICH I FOUND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLOCKS.
>>
>> FRED BAUM
>> 9470768 MK1
>
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