When fitting the Commodore V6 to a manual transmission a manual starter motor must be used. The starter motor for the automatic can be identified as having a nose housing around the pinion gear. The manual starter motor is manufactured by Delco and only has the pinion gear protruding. The Delco starter motors are getting hard to find as they where only fitted to VN, VP and VR engines.

Marks 4WD Adaptors now manufacture manual starter motors. This manual starter motor has been designed to use the original automatic starter motor mounting bolts to secure it to the engine block.