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Thanks for the responses guys.

Originally Posted by smokeonthewater

my BET is that the one on it just needs rebuilt

All things are possible, but the end caps are good, the brushes look almost new, I cleaned the commutator, and oiled the bearings. Everything seems to check out ok. Unfortunately, the starter had it's part numbers painted on with white paint over the black surface, and over time the part number has become illegible, so I don't really know what the starter is and so can't find out it's specs.

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

The best I could find was somebody parting one out for you. http://tampabay.ebayclassifieds.com/...l/?ad=15584050 It looks like the ARCO 5367 MAY work, but I can't find a cross reference back but to 86 for it.

I came to the same conclusion on the Arco unit. It looks a lot like the one on the engine now. But the engine has two different mounting options.. If can mount a starter through side holes or through top holes. And the one that's on it now mounts through side holes, but that leaves a gap of about a half inch at the top of the starter where it goes up to engage the ring gear. It engages fine, just looks funny/wrong. That's what's lead me to believe this is not the original starter for the engine.

Thanks for the link to that guy parting out those engines. I sent him an email asking on prices etc. If you look carefully at the one pic, where it shows an electric starter on the left side of the pile, that's the style that I have right now on my engine.