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Starter Identification

STARTER IDENTIFICATION - 3.1L

Model	Engine	Starter
"W" Body	3.1L	PG260 F1

STARTER IDENTIFICATION - 3.8L ⁽¹⁾

Starter Model

⁽²⁾ VIN No.

⁽³⁾ Length In. (mm)

PG260 F1

M

8.5 (216)

PG260 F2

K

9.3 (236)

PG260 M

1

9.2 (235)

⁽¹⁾	Three different starters are used for 3.8L engines, and can only be identified by measuring overall starter length.

⁽²⁾	Eighth digit (Engine I.D.)

⁽³⁾	See Fig 14.

Fig 1: Measuring PG260 F1 Starter Length

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Fig 2: Measuring PG260 F2 Starter Length

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Fig 3: Measuring PG260 M Starter Length

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