Hi Ron, I'm dealing with this right now on my 1989 Grand Wagoneer. Mopar switched to a different Mitsubishi style starter in 1988, when they bought AMC/Jeep. The entire flexplate, starter and Torque converter on my 1989 is 1988-91 GW specific. You'll need to get a different starter. Here's a link to one that might work on you 390 4-speed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=160211804805&rd=1 .... FEEDBACK, anyone? Greg Taylor :) <>< amxron <amxron@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I bought an 88 GW gear starter brand new for dirt cheap. I want to use it on a 390 4sp car but the nose holds it too far away to engage, any ideas anyone? Thanks, amxron 70 AMX 70 Hornet 78 FSJ Wagoneer Fleet&JEEP Mgr Orbit/AMC-JEEP 50-1787 _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20080301/6fc1b3fd/attachment.htm _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list