Quote Originally Posted by GreenNirvana101 View Post
Well... I installed the remanufactured starter without any shims or anything - and it started up great without any noise.... so I just left it.

I used my old starter as the core... and I guess I'll just return the starter I bought from Ed Morad... hopefully he will understand if I pay the shipping back for it.... or maybe I'll just get a store credit or something...

Did anybody know what starter I got from Morad? It looks very similar... but is smaller and shorter in length...

Thanks to everyone for helping me out.
I would suspect that the starter on your 97 is the original starter. And later in years, maybe up into 05 or 06 they made them smaller. But I trust, coming from Ed, that starter would work for your car. Maybe not the same size overall. But I would bet that it would bolt up the same. Have the same connections. Have the same teeth. And work perfectly. I actually have no doubts that is the case.

Also, I wouldn't trust a remanufactured starter. I have had too many problems with things like this from aftermarket parts stores. I would put an original GM starter (or any other parts for that matter) from Ed on anyday of the week.