Reply to "Starter problem"

noquarterMember

Well, after no replies and surfing the net learning the ins and outs of Ford starters, I think my starter is correct. So it must be an alignment issue.

So I took off the starter, enlarged the holes and removed material so it could sit farther from the flywheel. It didn't sound any better. Took it off again, removed even more material, tried again. Even worse! Worse? How can it be worse? Then I tried moving it closer to the flywheel, more out of frustration than clever logic. And that solved it

Having spent my life on Chevys, I always found the shimming process a little embarassing for GM, shouldn't they be able to produce a starter/flywheel with correct tolerance? So when I changed starter on my Pantera 2 years ago, I was impressed with the Ford system, 2 bolts, no shimming and it just worked. Now I know better...

5/9/099:20 AM

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