Mt42 starter drive end housing wanted

I’m looking for a lead on where I can purchase a drive end housing nose cone for a mt42 starter. I’m trying to do the electric conversion for my d6-9u! I have the starter and helical drive already but missing the nose cone.

Depends on what lever housing the starter has and the indexing your trying to get. Either the 6-bolt indexing version Delco #1988748 or the 12 bolt indexing Delco #1988854.

Hi OM, is your conversion page still available? I clicked on a link I had for it with no luck bring the page up - https://sites.google.com/site/oldmagcat/ I have a DE start 5U and would like to assemble parts for when the OEM starter eventually gives out

The Regular Starter nose would work , just take it of and stick into the starter hole on the cat and note where you need to grind the nose unto you can rotate it to line up bolt holes and still have clearance for the flywheel teeth to clear , we have done that many a times and it works

That site is lost in the "cloud" somewhere and I'm not going to chase it.

D2 conversion (new installation/not replacement of original) is a no brainer. Us a 42MT with either a Delco 1988891 (371-12179) 6-indexing hole and 1/2" mounting hole drive end housing or a Delco 10476100 (371-12128) 12-indexing holes with 5/8" mounting holes (comes with bushings for 1/2")

and the 11 or 12 tooth helical drive gear.

Many thanks! And the starter should be clockwise rotation I believe (just checked rotation on my 3J engine which, looking from the flywheel end is CCW so the starter would be CW). My 5U is electric pony start on 6V and just for grins, I thought I'd add a second battery box with another 6V battery and add in a 6/12v series parallel switch for the 42MT. I know it's more complicated but then this is a hobby, not an efficiency exercise : )

Yes, CW rotation as viewed from the drive end of the starter.

This installation does let the solenoid housing stick out to the side. It is possible to clock the starter with the solenoid allowing side cover installation but it requires a long bolt coming in from the back side of the flywheel housing with some slight modification to the notch in the housing. I've done one installation like it but it never did catch on.