Skip to contentFord’s stock starter may not be the best starter for 7.3 Powerstroke diesel pickups, especially after 20 years of the hard cranking that’s required to turn over the 7.3’s 1000 pound engine.The 7.3 stock starter is a small, under-powered unit that seems to be a high failure part after around 100,000 miles. When I first saw the difference between the stock starter and an aftermarket replacement 7.3 starter, I wondered how the tiny thing ever turned over my big 7.3 diesel engine.And when my stock starter failed, I wrote a big article about the high torque 7.3 starter upgrade I...…Skip to contentFord’s stock starter may not be the best starter for 7.3 Powerstroke diesel pickups, especially after 20 years of the hard cranking that’s required to turn over the 7.3’s 1000 pound engine.The 7.3 stock starter is a small, under-powered unit that seems to be a high failure part after around 100,000 miles. When I first saw the difference between the stock starter and an aftermarket replacement 7.3 starter, I wondered how the tiny thing ever turned over my big 7.3 diesel engine.And when my stock starter failed, I wrote a big article about the high torque 7.3 starter upgrade I...WW…