Starter confusion

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Bajaluv
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Starter confusion

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So while in Mex last week my starter went out. No bid deal I took a taxi over to Autozone and exchanged my core for a new one. At first they appeared to be exactly the same to the eye, but I was wrong. After installing the new one on the side of the highway it would only spin and not engage the fly wheel ? I pulled it and gave it a roadside bench test and it functioned properly. Not having my old one anymore I was baffled by this. So I grabbed another taxi and went back to the parts store to compare my core up close to the new 92-96 bronco starter. Image

So you can see the only real difference is the gear side and about 1/4" longer. There were no real markings on the old one but we googled a small model number and it came back 1989 Ford thunderbird ? So I immediately purchased my core back from AutoZone to take it with me. This blew my mind because about 11 months ago I installed a brand-new starter. But I failed to mention that I just about three months ago replace my transmission with one that I picked up from Classifieds on here. So what I can only assume now is the shop and installed my new to me tranny had to replace my starter in order for it to work? I haven't been able to contact them because it's a holiday weekend. So now that I'm back from Mexico and enjoying the rest of the holiday weekend I did some research on a ford Thunderbird and they came factory with an AOD transmission ? Is there a chance what I thought was an E4 OD is actually an A0D in my Bronco currently ? Does this sound crazy to interview Bronco buffs ? Please help with my confusion lol.


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Re: Starter confusion

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Pic of trans pan?
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Starter confusion

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BDKW1 wrote:Pic of trans pan?
The trans pan installed is the deep B&M pan, don't have pics currently but it was transferred over from my old E4OD.


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Re: Starter confusion

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Might be a std trans starter. Autos are a little longer i think?
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Re: Starter confusion

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E4OD pan will not fit on an AOD. Sounds more like you just got the wrong starter from Vatozone.
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e2e2 wrote:Might be a std trans starter. Autos are a little longer i think?
Ok I'll look into that ! Thank you


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BDKW1 wrote:E4OD pan will not fit on an AOD. Sounds more like you just got the wrong starter from Vatozone.

This is why I reach out to you guys !! That's good info thank you. Starter change out should of been easy, I was baffled.


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Re: Starter confusion

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I forgot 89-91 had AOD option along with stick shift.

92-96 stick shift and e4od only?
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