Check your starter solenoid. Mine would decide to engage the starter at
3-4000 rpm. Take the flywheel to an good auto parts house. they can match
up the ring gear. Mine, I took the ring gear to a automotive Machine shop
and paid $15 for them to install the gear. Was off like a 1976 Mustang for
the listing. Can be a 164 tooth or a 157 tooth. Both were available on the
engine according to my parts book. For pully's etc they were marine engine
only and have to go the a marine supplier, but the ring gear is local. For
parts for the engine, Red Line Marine in Lewiston, ID is a Ford Marine parts
supplier. They UPS.
Bill

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HELP!

Thought I had a bad starter, but upon removal found two teeth sheared
from
the ring gear. No local PCM dealer, but a local marina says that the
PCM
ring gear is no longer available as a separate part, but only with the
flywheel assembly.

Any difference between the automotive and marine ring gear? I have
found
the automotive equivalent for $20 (164 tooth for a 351W) vs. $375 for a
flywheel with ring gear. I have to make sure pin
location/diameter/tooth
count is the same and there are no "special treatments" to be concerned
with. I'll also need to count the teeth on the existing flywheel, plus
two
: if no one out there has the specs. Not hard, but not easy with three
kids under five yrs either...

Any recommendations?

TIA,

Matt