i am swapping from 700r4 to t-5, i am going to use a factory flywheel, my question is will the starter from the automatic work on the manual???

 

Unfortunatly it will not. You are using a stock flywheel? Because you cannot use the flexplate that's on the car now. BUt the starter nose is broader on a auto.

 

yes i will be getting a flywheel from an f-body,

when you say broader do you mean that i will have clearance issues with the bell housing, or dust shield?, if its just the shield its not a probablem cuz i don't have one and will probly becustom making one, and if its the bell housing, is it something a little grinding can fix?

 

What I mean is the auto starter nose is way to broad to fit into the manual bellhousing. I don't think you can grind it enough to get it to fit without damaging the starter. my manual starter was 65 bucks.

 

Dude, why make a dust sheild? Their still available from the dealer for $5. Thats where I got mine.

 

why make a dust shield, because i did not know you could get one new for $5, and because i have access to scrap sheet metal,

well i guess i may have a starter for sale then, its only like 3months old thats the bad part

 

i've never heard of this, it should be a starter for any 153 tooth flywheel. the 400's and a 383 would yuse a 168 tooth

 

well guys i went to my local Advanced Auto, today and had him check for me, according to their system they use the same starter, so we will see, when it come that time

 

I've done the swap and the auto starter will not fit.

 

If it's like the T56 the starter won't fit because the opening on the bellhousing isn't large enough. A little work with a diegrinder to enlarge the opening and you'll save yourself the time and frustration of hunting a starter down that will work.

 

I JUST did the swap and the auto starter will NOT work. I had to buy a manual starter which is thinner in the nose area. The auto starter will NOT fit in the provided area of the manual bellhousing.

 

thats what i was thinking, i guess, i'm just gonna have to bolt the starter and bell housing on the engine and see what i can do, unfortunately the engine is on a stand , but i guess i can hang it from the hoist

 

Well I did that swap to my 84 original owner 37,000 miles and I did not need to change the starter, but you never know.. Kevin

 

according to advanced auto, in 84 both auto and manual are the same starter, then beginning in 85 or 86, they started using a different starter, so like i said before, i'm gonna try it

 

Hey firechicken you wouldnt happen to be dustin, the person buying my flywheel? Well if you have any questions about the 5 speed swap I will try to help.. You can just email me I have went from 5 speed to auto in my fisrts ta and auto to 5 speed in my latest one.....I will show you the shifter plate i made for a 5 speed console if you want... Kevin

 

Well, I JUST did the swap to the T-56. Everyone said the same thing about mine. Have to get a different starter. Well, with a little creativity I saved myself the money for a new starter by grinding the bellhousing out to enlarge the opening that the starter nose goes into. I imagine the T-5 bellhousing can be made to work the same way.

 

one and the same, i kinda got lucky in that we got a donor car, to get parts from, problem is it was a 4 cylinder, so i still gotta figure out what to do for the clutch, once i get the flywheel, basically all i have left to get is a clutch, then i can get my baby back on the road, i miss it already and i've only had it apart a week