6.7 starter in a 7.3

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Had my starter die this weekend and ran across this on youtube. I remember a bunch of people talking about it, but someone did it and made a video. Actually compares all of the powerstroke starters. Looks like any year will bolt up to a 7.3?

Guy did a good job. Hope no one minds me sharing... Credit to Youtube user Seek and Repair

Starter specs and teardown:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ewFX_nl50


Comparison of 7.3 starters and the 6.7 installed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU2FHQs9F9k
 
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Something isn't right with that truck in the vid, hope he pulled a fuse so it wouldn't start in most of those videos. I put a 7.3 "Denso" style starter in mine and it sounds just like the 6.7 one in the vid. Got it from orilleys

Edit: watched his other video, he was unhooking his tuner resulting in no start
 
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Every new 7.3 starter I’ve put in sounds like the 6.7 start for a while. Then it eventually turns into sounding like a normal gear reduction 7.3 starter.
 

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Op, did you do the nose cone swap on the 6.7 starter? My plan was to buy a new denso, but I'm thinking a lot about this swap as well.
 

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Op, did you do the nose cone swap on the 6.7 starter? My plan was to buy a new denso, but I'm thinking a lot about this swap as well.

So it takes a nose cone swap to make a 6.7 starter work on a 7.3???

I was going to put a 6.4 on a 7.3, bought the starter and there was no way the 6.4 nose would bolt up to the 7.3.
I've been using 6.4 starters in 6.0's and that's a nice upgrade, at the local parts store the 6.0 starter and the 6.4 starter are almost the same price, about $125 each, a 6.7 is about $240 so that's why I haven't tried that swap yet. those prices are for brand new starters.
 

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I was gonna ask the same thing. A couple years ago i was gonna try a 6.0 starter. Bought one from an oreillys iirc. There was no way that was gonna bolt up to a 7.3. I see from the video now.
 
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Op, did you do the nose cone swap on the 6.7 starter? My plan was to buy a new denso, but I'm thinking a lot about this swap as well.

I have not tried it myself. I did pay the core fee and kept my old starter. Waiting on a 6.7 starter from the local wrecker and then I'm going to try the swap. Might be a couple of months, as I work in camp.
 

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Watch the end of the video posted in the first post, at the end he explains how the nose cones have to be changed. I'll never buy another 7.3 starter again.
 

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Anyone have a nose cone off a sd 7.3 they wanna part with? Obs starters are different. I think this would help with these -10* cold starts!
 

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Iirc, don't the sd 7.3 starters only have 2 mounting holes vs the obs 3?
People swap the sd 2 hole to the obs all the time.
Is there a difference in the nose? So say does it really matter if you use OBS or SD?

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The picture I attached shows obs vs sd starter, the obs nose cone looks to be a larger piece than the super duty.
 

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With the above picture, it reminds me of something that was not discussed in the video. ... This video nose swap would seem to work only on the Denso gear reduction units. That said, I think Ive still got the earlier direct drive (Mitsu style) unit in the 2000, so at minimum I'd need to have a 7.3 gear reduction core before being able to study the swap. I'll be getting under it shortly to relook at everything again.
 

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All starters are gear reduction. The Mitsubishi is a planetary gearset, and the DENSO style is an offset.

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All starters are gear reduction. The Mitsubishi is a planetary gearset, and the DENSO style is an offset.

Gotcha, I only recently discovered that after watching some mitsu rebuild vids and noticed the planetary drive. Just never paid attention before but makes sense..
 

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So I did the swap. If anyone is thinking about doing this mod. I suggest it 110%! Was 16 here all day and truck fired right up https://youtu.be/KtwexEpVILg . I’m waiting for some bellow zero temps to really test this, I will have a YouTube video of the comparison when that happens and I will post the link here. The nose cone needed is the same style starter off of a excursion. There are two different style super duty gear reduction starters out there, then the obs ones.

Picture attached is my old starter next to the 6.7 starter.
The nose cone swap was rather easy.
 

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Nice result!

Since I only have 125K on the truck, I pulled the mitsu starter out a couple of weeks ago for inspection and cleaning. There was a ton of life on the brushes. Cleaned up the commutator, all contacts, and gave the planetary some light lube and cleanup. It works much better but it doesn't crank like that 6.7 does.

May have to collect some parts over time and give it a go as some point.
 

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So I did the swap. If anyone is thinking about doing this mod. I suggest it 110%! Was 16 here all day and truck fired right up https://youtu.be/KtwexEpVILg . I’m waiting for some bellow zero temps to really test this, I will have a YouTube video of the comparison when that happens and I will post the link here. The nose cone needed is the same style starter off of a excursion. There are two different style super duty gear reduction starters out there, then the obs ones.

Picture attached is my old starter next to the 6.7 starter.
The nose cone swap was rather easy.

Do you have any way to watch/monitor cranking RPM?
 

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Do you have any way to watch/monitor cranking RPM?

Yes, snap on mt2500. When it warms back up I’ll get my built truck running and turn my hydra to no start and check what it turns for rpms. Then I’ll try my work truck that has the 6.7 starter. I’ll pull #9 fuse so it won’t start.
 

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So I did the swap. If anyone is thinking about doing this mod. I suggest it 110%! Was 16 here all day and truck fired right up https://youtu.be/KtwexEpVILg . I’m waiting for some bellow zero temps to really test this, I will have a YouTube video of the comparison when that happens and I will post the link here. The nose cone needed is the same style starter off of a excursion. There are two different style super duty gear reduction starters out there, then the obs ones.

Picture attached is my old starter next to the 6.7 starter.
The nose cone swap was rather easy.

To pull the nose off, do you have to disassemble the entire starter or does the nose just pull off?

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