Hey all, im new to this comunity of mustang forums, im just looking for help im trying to figure out what year my engine is thats in my 89 mustang i have provided pictures of the numbers with me clarifying as best as possible

Problem: Starter grinding on flywheel, teeth on flywheel ring and on starter bendix are fine no damage so far but i believe i may have the absolutly wrong fly wheel so therefore i need to figure out what year this engine is any help is much appreciated...

 

How long have you had this problem? Those numbers mean nothing with what year it is. It should read there in a D* or E* with the * being a number. D= 70's E=80's. Unless its an aftermarket block.......Those numbers just don't look familiar to me at all. Either way you need a 157 tooth flywheel......it is a manual trans correct??

 

Yep it's manual transmission, is there a another place i need to look to find out what year the motor is


ive had this problem for 7 starters and this new flywheel and i just bought a new toque mini starter but obviously this isnt the right flywheel how do i find out what kind of flywheel i need

 

Hi,

Stupid question - did you use starter shims? Sometimes, this is over looked thats all

 

im gonna try that tomorrow b4 i take the trans out again

 

um... pretty sure the 3113 is actually E7TE

 

Well damn your right wow now i see it corectly so that'd make it 87 and i put a flywheel for 89 is that a big diffrence?


Thanks guys, for all your help and support this solves all my problems, what i thought was 3113 which didnt make since at all to me is acually E7TE which means its a 87 truck engine so i just ordered a ring gear to put on the the flywheel to get it going i made sure that this ring gear fits an 87 truck so i should be all set and all my problems are solved thanks again for your generosity!!

 

the act that its an E7 block doesnt mean that its out of a truck, or that iw was made in 87...

it just means that 87 was the year that the casting was designed. that block could be out of a 90 for all you know.

the 89 flywheel should be fine, as long as its a 10.5". and replacing the ring gear... dumb

just get a new flywheel