Final Test Results: UNSATISFACTORY
Yesterday my truck would not start & today I was lucky enough to get a local mechanic (Vernon) to fix the broken starter; problem was just loose wiring connections..! He tested the starter while it was out of the truck and it spun up strongly... Even so, I asked him to do his best to install the new starter I bought at an online govt auction...
The auction starter was intended for farm equipment and fork lifts with Mitsubishi engines... He threaded the starter case holes to 10 x 1.25mm to match the existing bolts & even used a grinder to remove metal on it trying to make it fit... Best he could do was get only one of the original mounting bolts to line up... He said it would be necessary to remove a good amount of metal from the pointy end of the cast metal cover which holds the pinion gear shaft end bushing... Forget That...
So I phoned NAPA O'REILLY's AUTOZONE asked them if there was any difference between automatic transmission & manual transmission starters for my truck and they said no even though two types of starters are shown on Autozone & O'Reilly's web pages NAPA only shows one starter exactly like the one that was in my truck... They do require knowing engine size mine 2.6L (not sure what the starter might look like in a 2.0L engine) The starter like mine only fits 1985 & 1986 trucks... NOTE that the correct starter like mine has a white electrical wire coming out of the starter casing (not sure what this extra wire does but it connects to the truck wiring harness and it's clearly seen in the photo below)... The Autozone rep said the cone end shaped starter photo was a STOCK photo and not a photo of the actual part...
Anyway long story short is the NAPA starter should fit it's the only one they list that fits a 1985 & 1986 2.6L engine irregardless of transmission type or 4WD & RWD ; while O'Reilly's & Autozone show two types of starters you better know whats in your truck before ordering a starter from any of them...
MORE INFO: After reviewing RockAuto starter info it seems the transmission type does make a difference ~ the automatic transmission starter has the closed nose cone shape end 8 tooth pinion gear & the manual transmission starter is open face 9 teeth pinion and the extra white wire from the solenoid... Many of the manf have their starters listed as fitting the wrong transmission... Vernon tried to get the automatic transmission starter to fit my manual transmission truck without success... MitsubishiPartsCentral shows only the automatic transmission starter part# M085731D and I cannot find a Mitsubishi part# for the 1985/1986 manual transmission trucks...
REF: https://www.mitsubishipartscentral.c...A4NTczMQ%3D%3D
Hope this helps somebody someday & if anyone wants this new starter send me a PM & a UPS shipping label and it's yours ~ all I can do with it now is tie a rope to it and if the brakes give out then throw the starter out the window to help slow the truck to a STOP...
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