Only the 196 and early 199/232/258 (up to 1971) had a different tooth count and diamter. The 72 and later 232/259/4.0L have the same diamtere flywheel and tooth count. The ring gears are at different locations though -- one is closer to the starter than the other. Sounds like Ed has the one that's further away and isn't getting good tooth engagement. IIRC the 232/258 ring gear is further from the starter than the 4.0L ring gear. All the small gear driven starters I've seen for these engines are basically the 4.0L starter. I'm not sure if the ring gear can be repositioned or not -- should be doable though, maybe with a new gear. On May 15, 2006 edforrest@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 5/14/2006 10:43:50 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > I'm pretty sure the tooth count is different, but it also depends on the > year. > > > > > Jim...will one ring gear fit on the other flywheel? Are they > interchangeable? ed ============================================================= Posted by wixList Archiver -- http://www.amxfiles.com/wixlist _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.wps.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com