Starter Options?

[fredwesthvac]

I was wondering if there is anything other than the starter they are going to give me at Oriellys when they punch my info into the computer? I am looking for the beefyist fastest spining starter that can be bought for my 1993 Ford F350 Navistar 7.3 IDI. This is my work truck and I need to count on it.

[cdnsarguy]

Okies info........
order this starter from Autozone...Duralast-offset gear reduction Mitsubishi, part # 16561 , core charge = $120.00 USD( so take old one with you), Limited Lifetime Waranty. Even if your old starter is a different brand (mine was an AC Delco ) get the Mitsubushi- Autozone doesn't care. From what these guys told me about replacing this starter ...I expected it to be very difficult, it wasn't, 15 minutes out, one hour to Autozone and back, 15 minutes back in. It takes longer just to get the tools rounded up. While you're doing this starter R&R you might also want to stick a STUD (longer bolt with head cut off will do) in the top bolt hole so you can hang the starter up there while you're messin' with the bottom bolts. Use tape to hold the top nut in the socket and to hold the socket onto the extension. P.S. My Autozone starter has been in there for 4 yrs now and still spins the engine as fast as it did on day one. OkieGringo

New ones are on Ebay all the time....... no core.

[FreightTrain1107]

Hello fellow hvac'r.

Personally, if you can afford it, don't put a cheap rebuilt in there from one of these white box stores. I went thru 5 friggin starters between AutoZoo and advanced auto over the course of a year or two. I finally got fed up and went to Ford and the parts guys pulled the starter up going by my VIN and the one he gave me didn't look anything at all like the one that came out. The one that was in there was the Mitsu and the one that was SUPPOSED to be in there is the Nippon-Denso. Big difference in starters all together. The stealership starter cost about a $125 more than the cheapo, so that was no fun, but it works great.

For the naysayers, I start my truck around 10 times a day in the summer, and probably 20 times a day in the winter, (Rarely do I plug it in, just on the coldest nights.), and that Nippon starter has been in there for the last 7 years and 120K miles.