todd66442

Is there a source that will give you the correct codes for your year of car your restoring? I'm mainly interested in the correct build date on the AC Delco starter. I have an opportunity to buy one. The number on it is 1107330 with the remaining number 6B9....which I believe is the date code.

Thanks, Todd

rcorrigan5

Usually, the Chassis Service Manual will list all of the starters used for the model year covered by the manual, but they don't say on which engine or which body style the starter applies. For instance, in my '68 Chassis Service Manual, all the starters for that model year are listed in the "General Specifications" page of Section 12 (Chassis Electrical, page 12-51). The same is true in my '69 Chassis Service Manual (page 12-67).

Some assembly manuals (PIM) will also list the starters used on specific applications, while others do not. For instance, in my '68 Cutlass/442 assembly manual/PIM, starters for specific applications are identified in manual section 6-0, page 110, in a chart in the upper right hand corner of the page. However, that page is completely missing in my '69 Cutlass/442 assembly manual, and starters for specific applications aren't mentioned anywhere else in the assembly manual.

I would suggest you check both the '66 Chassis Service Manual and the '66 assembly manual to see if you can find any general or specific information there, hopefully in the same sections I identified for '68/'69.

6B9 is indeed the date code, broken as follows: 6 = 1966, B = February, 9 = 9th day of the month; or February 9, 1966.

I'm thinking you will find the same general information in a '66 Chassis Service Manual that I found in the '68 & '69 CSMs. Maybe you will get lucky and find the same starter chart in your '66 assembly manual/PIM that I found in the '68 manual. Otherwise, I don't know of any other location where specific starter applications are found.

Randy C.

wmachine

There is no one-stop shopping for that. I'll have to check the numbers at home later. Usually such a date code is month/week/year, but I'll look into that too.

When it comes to rebuildable components, what *should* be important is what is on the inside, not the stamps on the outside. What's the point of having the correct numbers if the guts are wrong? The point of having the numbers in the first place is to make sure the guts *are* correct! So if it has been or possibly has been rebuilt, what is inside? Rebuilders do not go by stampings.

todd66442

Thanks guy's. Lots of good information. I agree with you Kurt. I do have the starter that came with the car but it's coding is for a GMC pickup truck. I asked the guy if he could use them to rebuild and sell but he said he could not use them. So, I figured that they must not have the vintage numbers on 'em. They're not marketable to the restorer I guess.

Yellowstatue

The correct number starter for a '65 and '66 8 cyl. w/ four barrel carb is 1107330 as per the parts book group 2 starting motor chart...

wmachine

Actually, 1107330 is the correct number for '64-'67 V8s (except Toro). Sometime between '67 and '68 or '69, that application changed to 1108348 and they came out with 1108333 for '68-'69 455 high compression apps.
Fit-wise, Olds V8 starters were pretty interchangable.

Todd, I believe you 6B9 date code is indeed Feb 9, '66.

todd66442

The fellow that wants to sell me a numbers starter said that 6B9 was for a 69 but I see he just posted it on e-bay as a 66. Thanks again Boys.

T/L

mugzilla

The starter should be built before your production date ...

todd66442

Thanks, I agree with you on the pre date.

T/L

Bfg

I have a 65 Cutlass with a build date of 4-65 but the starter has a build date of H-5-26 and has a small red sticker that says factory Delco rebuilt and also has a painted stamping 2c10.