Those pictures of the straight looking starter are the 1.2 KW gear reduction starter motor. There is no offset in the case because it has an inline planetary gear set.

The offset housing gear reduction starter did come on some Monteros, and the Starion.

I have seen a direct drive starter listed in the 84 Montero Service manuals. It's a really wussy starter.

The V6 starter is a planetary gear reduction type.

Bottom line is on first glance the direct drive and the gear reduction starters look the same. The direct drive seems to be limited to 1984 or so. I know it was gone in 86. Those photos from the web appear to be the 1.2 KW gear reduction starters. The 2.6 inline starter is a pretty good unit and it has the same power rating as the V6 starter motor ( according to the 89 manual).



Kevin