Good place for a mini starter?

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steel1212

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I just fried mine tonight it looks like, I'll have it tested tomorrow though to make sure. Anyway, I have a t-5 and hooker comp headers in a 65. Any suggestions?

 

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I got mine from Summit Racing.

 

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I had my mini-starter rebuilt once by a local working from his home.
It's a CHM brand from FL. I called CHM and they said it could not be rebuilt. They won't get a dime from me anymore..
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Summit has them, and a couple are cheaper than autozone but there are cheaper ones online...maybe that is where I screwed up the first time....

 

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Well had advance test it just to make sure and they got it to start right up. Cables looked a little toasty so I got new cables and connectors. The solenoid on top of the starter had some play in it. I wonder if its that or the cables? I don't think its the solenoid on the fender as my gauges are all getting power from there and they all come on when I turn on the key. I won't be able to find out until tomorrow though as my wife just left for work and the starter is in the back of her car

 

zm830101

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i got mine from the local pull a part...$18 and works great

 

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zm830101 said:

i got mine from the local pull a part...$18 and works great

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A mini? If so what did you pull it out of?

 

Tim65GT

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This is where I got my mini starter:

High Torque Ford Mini PMGR Racing Starter 302 351 NEW

It's been working good for a couple years so far.

 

zm830101

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steel1212 said:

A mini? If so what did you pull it out of?

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a thunderbird with a 3.8 if i remember correctly. you do realize that ford used the exact same starter in NEARLY all of their rear drive platforms from the early to late nineties right? from mustangs to the e series van...they are mostly the same.

 

Rusty67

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Ya, Ford used a ministarter in the Mustangs from 94 or 95 on up. The 3.8 Mustangs use the same starter as the 5.0s.

 

zm830101

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i used to have a list of all the vehicles that you can grab these out of. i'll try to dig it up.

 

Rusty67

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You can use the cross reference function on some of the parts house websites to get the lists.

I think RockAuto has this.

 

golf4283

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zm830101 said:

i used to have a list of all the vehicles that you can grab these out of. i'll try to dig it up.

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Junkyard Horsepower SUMMARY! - Corral Forums

I believe this is what you're talking about.

 

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steel1212

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Well the good thing is, that it wasn't the starter, I had broken the ignition switch off. Got one coming from advance for 12.99.

 

zm830101

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golf4283 said:

Junkyard Horsepower SUMMARY! - Corral Forums

I believe this is what you're talking about.

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well, i can't take credit for that list. but it isn't rocket science. add the cougars to it...but look carefully before you start wrenchin'. they were hit or miss. also, the e and f series HAVE to be an auto trans.

 

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Summit racing here too, the infinite clock, forgot the brand though. Nice you can rotate it to fit pretty much anything.

 

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Ok could somebody smarter than me tell me how I'm suppose to wire that when the iginition switch that came out of my car only has 3 blades?

 

zm830101

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why are you trying to wire it to the switch? all you need to mess with is the solenoid.
pictures
post # 4 is your friend

 

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It is wired to my solenoid. My starter isn't what is broken, its the switch therefore I needed a new one and can't figure out how to wire the 4 blade where a 3 blade goes.

 

golf4283

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The connector that is outside the plastic housing isn't used, IIRC. Go to Painless Performance website and download their instructions for the Mustang Kit and it will have detail on what connectors are for what wires. I'd do it myself but I'm at work and too lazy to pull it up. I thought the same thing when installing the kit but it works perfectly with that one connector blank.

It's a mystery I suppose haha.