As you can see the starter isn't touching the flywheel. Or really close at all it's a 350 small block. And a small block starter. Not sure what is wrong. Or how to fix it without getting a new starter. And if I do need a new starter what do I need to get? It's a 1975 engine.

 

What kind of work was done before this happened? Just asking, because it seems like the flywheel is the wrong size diameter.

 

In this case a starter is a starter. I've had to shim some, but in this case something is WAY out of wack.

 

Not really any work has been done. My dad is thinking its the wrong fly wheel to. So I'm considering ordering a new one. It just doesn't make sense because the motor ran when my neighbor had it with a different starter. If I do order a new fly wheel should I get a 153 tooth or 168?

 

You stated it ran with a different starter. You need to find out what starter he had on it before it was replaced.

 

It did run but that starter needed a new solenoid. I'm gonna ask him today to look at it and ill get a picture of it. But would it be easier just replacing the flywheel than trying to find a special starter for it?

 

I'd make sure the old starter is a match to the one you just put on. The housing for the bendix could be different.

 

My neighbor had a 168 tooth flywheel sitting around that he gave to us. I got yhe old starter that was on it too but it's junk. We're just gonna pull the engine and change the flywheel with the bigger one. Thank you all for the help.

 

You have the staggered mount starter which is what's used with the 168 tooth flexplate. But your engine has the 153 tooth flexplate on it. What you need is the straight across mount starter which will put the starter closer to the flexplate. I can see part of the third hole just below the flexplate gear, which means your block is dual drilled. Yanking it all apart to put on the 168 tooth flexplate is a lot of extra and unnecessary work.

 

My problem is that my 350 doesn't have the third hole. I switched from a 168 to a 153 to use a 3 speed standard clutch. Any idea on finding an angled starter that would work on a 153 flywheel?