94 ford ranger 2.3 Manuel starter

[Hunterpermenter]

I am having problems locating the correct starter for my 94 ford ranger 2.3 Manual trans the only ones I can find is 10 tooth bendix and mine has a 11 tooth all the parts stores and eBay all have the 10 tooth ones

 

[adsm08]

Manuel was a waiter, not a transmission.


Check out Rockauto. Their listings don't have any info about tooth count, but they have Motorcraft starters. If one of those comes out of the box with a 10-tooth gear it must have been redesigned for some reason, and that does happen.

 

[Hunterpermenter]

I have tried 2 different 10 tooth starters 1 brand new and another almost new both sounded horrible put my 11 tooth back on and it sounds fine

 

[adsm08]

My next guess would be try moving backward and forward a year, see if that changes anything.

If all else fails you may have to swap your old bendix to the new starter.

 

[Hunterpermenter]

We searched all through the years at orilleys even tried auto trans and I took the head and bendix off my old one and the guts out of the new one and put it on cranks fine now