Engine Block Numbers

[89StangRompt]

Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

Have you turned the flywheel and looked for bad teeth on the ring gear? Does the bell housing appear to have any damage or cracks anywhere?

EDIT... When you installed the flywheel did you tighten the piss out of the bolts

no damage on the flywheel so far yea the bellhouseing had a long crack in it but i had it welded and fixed

yea i tithgten the hell outa them

[QWKSNKE]

Originally Posted by 89StangRompt

no damage on the flywheel so far yea the bellhouseing had a long crack in it but i had it welded and fixed

yea i tithgten the hell outa them

where was the crack on the bell housing? Pretty sure that aluminum does not like to be welded. If it is in the general area of the starter, you may want to round another one up. I am sure somebody on here has one they could spare cheap

[89StangRompt]

Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

where was the crack on the bell housing? Pretty sure that aluminum does not like to be welded. If it is in the general area of the starter, you may want to round another one up. I am sure somebody on here has one they could spare cheap

Nah, the crack was on the other side where the clutch cable goes through, but i dont get it im gonna try useing shim tomorrow if that dont work i dunno what else to do i guess ill jus sell it, its a BADASS car but jus this one problem ill try useing a shim tomorrow if that dont work ill look for a bellhouseing this is gonna suck if i gotta take the damn transmission out again i had it out 3 times already first time i put clutch in wrong then had to change pilot bearing then had to realign belhousing just my luck, right? hahaa

[QWKSNKE]

Are both bellhousing dowel pins in place? There has to be something going on with the bellhousing if it still grinds after 3 starters and all teeth appear to be in good shape.

You could try shimming one of the starter bolts but I have never owned a Ford that required shimming. Definitely odd

[89StangRompt]

Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

Are both bellhousing dowel pins in place? There has to be something going on with the bellhousing if it still grinds after 3 starters and all teeth appear to be in good shape.

You could try shimming one of the starter bolts but I have never owned a Ford that required shimming. Definitely odd

yea it is odd, but the shims i got is for the WHOLE start like it bring the whole start out just a bit but if this dont work ill get a new bellhouseing

BTW: On one of the other starters i put on this car it started up PERFECT i mean it had no grinding at all NONE! it started up like the car was brand new.... then 2 weeks later it started do this crap again.. any idea what might have caused that..?

at first i thought the other starter i had just wouldnt turn it over cuz of the compression but i guess i was wrong

[SlowJoe]

is it the right engine plate? has the hole been cut out any?

[89StangRompt]

Originally Posted by joecoupe

is it the right engine plate? has the hole been cut out any?

no they aint been cut it fits in perfect


I have recently just figured it out..
what i thought was 3113 which didnt make since at all to me is acually E7TE which means its a 87 truck engine so i just ordered a ring gear to put on the the flywheel to get it going i made sure that this ring gear fits an 87 truck so i should be all set and all my problems are solved thanks again for your generosity!! thanks for all your posts on trying to help me i really appreciate it greatly A+ support, thanks alot. i have the totally wrong flywheel im an idiot lmao what can i say, people makes mistakes, thanks again guys i much appreciate it!!!!

[EHardy1971]

Originally Posted by 89StangRompt

I have recently just figured it out..
what i thought was 3113 which didnt make since at all to me is acually E7TE which means its a 87 truck engine so i just ordered a ring gear to put on the the flywheel to get it going i made sure that this ring gear fits an 87 truck

Get a regular Mustang flywheel! The H.O. blocks also had E7TE cast into them. If you go with a flywheel from a F-150 with a manual tranny, you're going to have bigger problems, as they are 11" flywheels instead of 10.5". As I stated in the other thread, make sure you have a manual starter, and not an automatic one. There IS a difference!

[89StangRompt]

i TRYED regular mustang fly wheel it doesnt work either i gotten one for manual tran and manual trans start i dunno what to do then how am i supposed to find out what to get it E7TE reading decoding directions is 87 Truck Engine

EDIT: I canceled my order with the truck engine flywheel ring gear here is the one i got now i hope this does it for me

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_Flywheel-Ring-Gear-Motormite_3923428-P_268_R|GRPTRANAMS_542475036___

[EHardy1971]

Understood, but the H.O.'s also had E7TE heads, which were off the shelf truck heads. The particular casting # denotes what the part was originally intended for, but not the only vehicle it was used in. Ford is known for doing that. Just trying to save you a headache.