Re: 1954 359 Leaves me sit... again

Posted by Packard Don On 2022/11/12 17:53:08

Although the main housing and as I believe it had gear drive make it larger, it should physically fit as long as there is nothing else in the way. Where it attaches to the engine was the same for many years. But as I recall, it wires somewhat differently. I've never had a 356 but I did, for years until I sold my '48 Henney-Packard, have the starter with solenoid so this is just an (old memory) observation, not actual knowledge!

That said, the 359 starter was different than the 288 and 327 and I've had much experience with all of those both 5-main and 9-main. Again, they will physically interchange but some have more torque than others so I Prefer to use the one that was engineered for the application.