Carb Problems

the1969fordguyinky wrote:Reading this is sounds like the engine was running in reverse rotation? Can you really do that?

his engine is running in the standard rotation ... not backwards

DanH wrote:

the1969fordguyinky wrote:Reading this is sounds like the engine was running in reverse rotation? Can you really do that?

his engine is running in the standard rotation ... not backwards

But, with the wrong starter it would have been trying to run backwards

that is correct, and can crank that way.

slopoke76 wrote:that is correct, and can crank that way.

And if everything else is correct (cam, dizzy gear, etc...) can, and will, run backwards. Counter rotating engines are the norm in twin engine boats. Sometimes it's done in the gearbox, but usually the engines are counter rotating...

Yep I have a boat that has a 351 reverse rotation engine. Only thing different for the most part is the dizzy and starter. It will run in the normal rotation but really really really bad.

Ok this thread has gotten confusing. The engine doesn't turn backwards. The starter is mounted on the opposite side of the bellhousing so it must turn the opposite direction compared to the regular starter but the 3.8l, 5.0l 460 or whatever turns the same way as it did in the car you just took it out of.

While the OPs engine may not rotate backwards there are in fact counter rotating engines used in boats. Since this is a single engine deal it's probably standard rotation.

The starters are moved up top to keep them out of the bilges.

jasonf wrote:Ok this thread has gotten confusing. The engine doesn't turn backwards. The starter is mounted on the opposite side of the bellhousing so it must turn the opposite direction compared to the regular starter but the 3.8l, 5.0l 460 or whatever turns the same way as it did in the car you just took it out of.

fattboy123456 wrote:Right the reason being that my starter was located in the back of the bell housing not in the standard location under the exhaust ports

What I read is the starter goes in the rear of the bell housing and that would make a regular start turn the engine backwards

I can tell ya some do turn in reverse. I happen to own one. You can watch the dizzy and tell.