project7s

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so ive been told that my 80 sa trans and starter will work with my 85 12a engine and flywheel. but i've just found out that it may work for a while but since the teeth count on the starter are different between 80 and 85 it would eventually start jumping teeth and could break them. so can i use an 85 starter in the 80 trans or should i do something different?

Jeff20B

iTrader: (13)

Same flywheel tooth count from 74 to 92. Starter tooth count varies by year. Yet they somehow magically all work together!

project7s

iTrader: (5)

ok, thank you thats what kept screwing with my head is how come the starters have different teeth, and what to use.