Starter

[Old school57]

Hey guys I have a problem.i bought a 71 gmc as a doner truck the guy i bought it from bought it from bought it from a lady who’s husband passed when the truck was 60% done restored . The truck has a 454 & five speed he did a good job with the swap . The truck would not start When purchased starter issues when I pulled the starter the nose was broke off.my problem is I need to find out what rig the motor & tranny came from no pun intended. The previous owner said he got numbers off the block pad said as far as he could remember he thinks it was a late 80s Suburban or truck.when I went to find numbers on block their was no numbers. My question is their any other way to find out what Vehicle motor and Transmission came from. I need to get the correct starter.

[treveiger]

I think you'd be best posting some pics. A lot of guys here would know by pictures.

[Old school57]

These are # I can find behind block drivers side 14015445 and down by the oil filter it’s hi per pass and K5.

[HO455]

Does it have headers?

If no, then it's likely a pretty generic starter. I would look at Rock Auto under 1989 c20 454 5-speed and see what comes up. I run a 90's vintage starter on my 74 350. Most important is getting the bolt pattern correct. Straight or angle pattern. And whether the bolts are metric or not.

This thread may help you

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=341622

[kwmech]

454 will have the staggered pattern and probably the standard 3510 starter given it has a 5 speed. I doubt it has a bellhousing mount.

[Old school57]

It does have a bellhousing mount it’s a nv 4500 five speed the guy who did the swap did a pretty good job .I called summit today the guy told me pretty common starter so I ordered up a ac DELCO thanks for the help if it doesn’t work for some reason I will use your info.