install starter on a 65 fastback

[65 fastback fan]

i recently purchased a new starter for my 65 fastback with a top loader 4 speed. i am having trouble getting it to fit properly in the hole. the bolts line up but will not fit in. Any ideas?

 

[dennis112]

It may be the result of having the wrong starter for the installed manual flywheel. If its for a 157 tooth flywheel the internal offset of the starter's bendix gear is the same as an automatic and that starter is universal for both of those applications. If it has a 164 tooth flywheel, the internal offset of the bendix gear locates the gear closer to the front of that flywheel and thus a different starter that is strictly for that design.

Both starters will have the same bolt pattern but only the correct one will work.