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Feb 7, 2012 | 11:36 PM

GHeTTo JOe

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Ok.for the third time since I got my truck the starter has worked its was loose.is this common? I decided to pull the starter this time to find it only has two bolt holes but the bell housing has three threaded holes.does my truck have the wrong starter?

Feb 7, 2012 | 11:42 PM

rolape2

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Both the 87 6.9 I put in my truck and the 89 7.3 I took out use 3 bolts to hold starter.

Feb 8, 2012 | 12:10 AM

Larry Ranallo

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yep you got the wrong starter

Feb 8, 2012 | 06:09 PM

tecgod13

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Either the wrong starter, or one of the mounting tabs broke off. You could try putting lock washers under the bolt heads.

Feb 8, 2012 | 07:25 PM

198769ford

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I have an 87 6.9 and my starter into the bell housing has 4 bolts.

Feb 8, 2012 | 09:42 PM

GHeTTo JOe

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Hmm I wonder what my starter is for. The two bolts had lock washers. I cleaned the oil off the bolts and used some lock tite

Feb 8, 2012 | 10:04 PM

boggerted

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A lot of people leave tho topbolt out of these starters because its a pain to get to and the two bottom bolts are usually sufficient

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Feb 9, 2012 | 07:16 AM

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if i am not mistaken, the two bolt design is the powerstroke starter

Feb 9, 2012 | 11:50 AM

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Country_boy_2007

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Originally Posted by 198769ford

Yeah my top ones were a pain but after you make a puzzle of extebsions and u joints for your ratchett its real easy

lol yea it only takes about 6 extentions 4 universials and three hands to get that ******* out..

i did put it back in though, lot easier when you figure out how to reach it

Feb 9, 2012 | 04:43 PM

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198769ford

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Yeah its wicked easy after you figure it out

Feb 10, 2012 | 12:44 PM

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srqdiesel chef

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I want to know what genius thought having two 1/2" bolts and one 9/16" on my starter was a good idea. The top one was the 9/16 and I went about bats$%^ crazy trying to figure why my 1/2 socket would NOT fit

Feb 10, 2012 | 01:38 PM

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Ford_Six

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Probably because they are 3/8" threads, and standard for 3/8" is a 9/16" head. The real question is why did Ford choose to use a special bolt with a 1/2" head and 3/8 threads for their starters?