If you get stuck i can probably find a starter up here and bring it to mission for you if you need. just call the shop and ask for me.

 

Thanks Curtis. I should be ok that way, worst case scenerio the napa store can have one here for tomorrow morning... I pulled the starter out last night, the teeth werent perfect, but they werent bad, I have seen way worse..... I wonder if the 5.9 and the 6.7 have the same starter

 

Well after some research today, my starter probably is totally fine, just the wrong starter.. Found out today that the starter for 03 to 06 cummins are all the same, 07 5.9 and 6.7 are the same, but different than the 03 to 06. I am pretty sure that when I compare them, the reach will be about 1/2 longer. I think that my existing starter was just touching the teeth on the flexplate.

I phoned the dodge dealership,, $1600 for a new one, I actually puked a little. Finally found one at a autowreckers in Edmonton, should be here tomorrow morning for 275

 

dealership...at that price you better get 2 just in case

 

Thats what I was thinking Shawn,, LOL. The crappy part of all of this is that if I would have known before the engine went in I could have changed the adaptor plate on the engine and there would have been no problem..... GRRRRR

 

Shawn...??



Step away from the exhaust pipe bro...


Good luck on your first outing...

 

LOL,, talking with Shawn Ellerton too,, LOL,, sorry Shane... my brain is a big puddle of goo right now

 

Good god..$1,600 for a starter...Dodge must be making at least $1,300 profit on that one...just like their $30 a litre trans oil..

 

thats interesting about the starters, I know the adaptor plates are differnt between auto and standard,not sure if the starters are the same between auto and stick. The thing i find funny is that the cranks are differnt in a auto than a stick on common rails.

 

Really?

What is different about the crank?

That's bizzare.

 

Thats ok, youll have a nap and everything will be back to "normal"...

 

I fell asleep last night at 8 pm, didnt wake up till 6 this morning... must have needed the sleep.. bad part is I didnt get any work done on my truck,,,

 

I think that's a good thing.. Probably saved you from getting into trouble..

 

I sure could have used the time on the truck.. Got the new starter,, totally different. On the old starter it had about a inch that stuck out past the gear, on the new one it is flat. So I think that the old one the gear was actually hitting against the TC.

 

Kev, So did the truck start? You have all of us on the edge of seats waiting... to hear that monster come to life.