Starter to Use Problems

[Joe Bob Biggs]

Alright I got my Key Starting Issue fixed with a little creative wiring and got the Fuel Pump up and running. Now my Issue is which starter to use. The Motor is a mid 90's 5.0 HO from a Stang I think ...... But I am sure its a HO Motor. The Tranny is a mid to late 80's 5 Speed from a F150 (87ish I think). Here is the Problem ....... A Stang starter is hanging/rubbing the Flywheel (to be exact the Flat Washer Thingy behind the Bendix Gear is Rubbing) and I ended up burning it up cause it hung when I finally got the motor to Run'ish. So I got a Starter from and early 90's TownCar and the Bendix Gear is the wrong size and got chewed up. The Washer Thingy is Rubbing again and hanging on the Flywheel. A Starter from a 87 F150 had a deeper set Bendix Gear and Washer Thingy (which I think is needed being a Truck Tranny and Flywheel) but the Outer Dia. of the Starter Housing is about .05" Bigger than that of the Stang Starter. I think I need to take a Grinder and Slightly Enlarge the Hole.
Does all this make sense cause I am at the END OF MY ROPE. Any Secret Knowledge would be Mucho Mucho Mucho Helpfull.

 

[morse johnson]

what i would do is count the teeth on that flywheel and since you know that its from an 87ish f150 after counting the teeth you can probably go to any auto parts store and tell them what you working with and they could probably tell you the year truck that tranny came off a...or check to see if the tranny have a data plate tag on it and do a search on google it may tell you something.