Corvette engines in the chevy pickup starter problems? Had a similar situation working auto parts store- shop had customer El Camino with starter needed- had gotten one from store by the book for model- didn't work. Tried possible options for the year and model with a year earlier and later- still didn't work. I was delivering the third possible and new mechanic showed me customer vehicle on lift, I recognized it and knew the customer had some odd balls, asked mechanic if he'd talked to customer about his engine--'no, not yet, wanted to get starter done first'. Station owner asked what's up and I told him -'We both know the customer collects the oddballs- but mech hasn't asked him what kind of engine he's stolen for this one, got to call him. Mech was shocked at words used, owner of station just nodded and passed me phone, I talked to owner and found out likely engine, double checked engine number and passed word back to store and machinist said he'd make one up. 2 hours later had a starter that fit and turned engine over. Book showed a possible 350 with a 400 smog possible- engine was a 396 Corvette derived from the previous years NASCAR banned engine with the truck 4 speed that needed different nose cone on the high powered corvette or police pursuit starter base. Dealer special orders and some special customer use packages don't get into base parts catalogs- they are the last line small print with ** check engine, transmission, rear end numbers for exceptions units. Warrantee replacement engines can be whatever is there that fits and customer accepts, a delivered new to dealer vehicle that has a catastrophic engine failure at dealer prep time can get a whatever dealer wants available now also. Corvette replacement engines in crate sometime more readily available than a production smog compliant for market engine- anticipated need for Corvette engine replacement didn't happen- engines weren't abused with lack of maintenance and blown engines were usually in crashed cars so no need to just replace the engine. Pickup truck line has more sort of options than the car line- and the 4x4 can be a bit off. RN
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