Martinique with Big Block 454

If you ever drive through Apopka might be worth stopping at Millikan Battery and see what they have.

very helpful thanks for the info,I now know the rotation for sure,my first clue was the firing order, and now this confirms it , starter is a good price on the link you sent also     

Just to be sure,

A reverse rotation 454 has a firing order of 1 2 7 5 6 3 4 8 going clockwise around the distributor cap.

Is that what you have?

Good, so you know what you have and what will work for a starter if you can't find parts for your present starter

It's a chance I'd take

I didn't look too hard but I didn't see brushes for a Delco 14 MT which is what yours is

83martinique wrote: looking to rebuild or replace starter on a 454, found some left hand rotation startes new at around $190. All i need is a brush set assembly,as my starter springs are shot, rusted in to a non usable condition. Any one know a place   for starter parts?

Late to the party and I see you got the parts from Milliken.
Good guys at TRS on silver star rd, Orlando. Was an old Scottys lumber. They can rebuild it for you if you run into challenges.

TRBenj wrote: a few bucks cheaper than a new 30456

And if you were to want to save a little more money and a bit of weight too, you could get one of these gear reduction starters in the link.

It says it cross references with the original PCM Reverse rotation starter RA122008 and a pile of others including the Arco 30456    

link

You mean like this one?

83martinique wrote: it is a 27 MT

If it is a 27 MT it probably means a couple of things

One is that it's for starting big beefy diesels

Another is that you'll probably never find anything that says it's a marine starter with proper spark protection and USCG approval

If you find marine applications/approval, post it here, it'll be good info

I don't know much about diesels but why don't they need to have spark protection on their starters?

Like the flash point link from Pete above says, the flash point is higher and diesel fuel won't cause an explosion nearly as easily as gas.

Because of this gasoline is classified as a flammable liquid, and diesel fuel isn't, strange as that might sound.

A diesel fuel leak in a boat's engine compartment can most definitely start a fire if it's spraying onto a hot enough surface like the exposed non water jacketed part of an exhaust manifold but it won't cause an explosion.

Kinda like an oil burner in a house or garage.

A fine spray of oil on the igniter makes a fire and doesn't cause your boiler to explode.