Tonight we installed the starter and finished plumbing the fuel system. The starter is a Powermaster 9404 with a 3/8" offset. It is clockable and required full clockwise rotation and installation of the supplied 1/16" spacer to keep the appropriate clearance between the tip of the starter gear and the front face of the ring gear. Man, it is a tight fit! There is about a 1/8" between the starter motor and the chassis. Glad I'm using poly engine mounts:
A big tip for those of you with the ZF. Make sure you leave all the extra space in the starter pocket for the starter flange:
The fuel system plumbing was pretty straight forward. Why I decided to use 1/2" and -8 line is still a mystery!
We even finished the plumbing to the carbs:
