Help.. Run around with starters.
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Using your link, look at picture #2 in your first post.
Only the large cable from the battery is to touch and connect to the large top lug with nut.
Only the small wire is to touch and connect to the small lug to the left and slightly lower lug. It usually has a small 7 or 8 mm nut.
Side note, why buy a remanufactured starter when a new starter (35154) was available at a lower price ($169.99 plus $10 core = $179.99)?
If you can get it back, have the original rebuilt for next time...
Only the large cable from the battery is to touch and connect to the large top lug with nut.
Only the small wire is to touch and connect to the small lug to the left and slightly lower lug. It usually has a small 7 or 8 mm nut.
Side note, why buy a remanufactured starter when a new starter (35154) was available at a lower price ($169.99 plus $10 core = $179.99)?
If you can get it back, have the original rebuilt for next time...
Where can I get a new decent starter then? I'm not having a lot of luck with shimming that top post to keep the top lug from sitting on the bottom post. Can't seem to find a bolt that will fit for some reason. I've spent about 5 bucks at ace in brass bolts and they all lock on the threads for some reason and won't go down to the bottom where I want them. Even the regular non locking hex bolts do that. So I'm about to get irate and demand my money back which will give me the option of finding a better starter. Am I still going to have this weird lug problem? Do superior starters offer more space between the top and bottom posts?
As for getting this new starter cable to deal with my lug situation is that the way to go? I don't want to redo the entire wiring harness because I paid a mechanic to do that two years ago and now I'm finding out his work isn't right apparently. Par for the course and why I'm here as a matter of fact.
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I think I might have to switch to a three bolt.
Duralast Gold/Starter DLG5154 - Read 5 Reviews on Duralast Gold #DLG5154
The top post seems to be longer.
Duralast Gold/Starter DLG5154 - Read 5 Reviews on Duralast Gold #DLG5154
The top post seems to be longer.
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I think I might have to switch to a three bolt.
Duralast Gold/Starter DLG5154 - Read 5 Reviews on Duralast Gold #DLG5154
The top post seems to be longer.
Duralast Gold/Starter DLG5154 - Read 5 Reviews on Duralast Gold #DLG5154
The top post seems to be longer.
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The easiest solution, IMO, would be to have a new, properly sized lug installed on the end of the cable. Maybe you can find someone at an auto electric shop who can do it without pulling the whole cable out, or you can find someone with the right crimping tool who would let you borrow it for a couple hours.
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You need to junk that starter, and get an OEM part. After that, you may be able to get under the truck with an angle grinder and shave some metal off that battery cable stud. But if it was me, I would rip it all out and replace it with OEM, before you short something out, or start a fire. You are risking so many bad things happening by keeping that cable in there. If you hit a bump and it shorts out while you are driving down the freeway, or out in the sticks four wheeling, then what ... Watch it burn ???
How come there weren't any issues with the old starter? That lug has been on there for 3 years now without even a burp. It's only come up as a problem now that I need a new starter. That seems pretty strange to me.
Also the lug that I have is part of a replacement set that the mechanic would logically ordered for the vehicle. It isn't something he cobbled together on his bench or something. When I looked at replacement kits for my start cable they look pretty much like what is already there.
Even if the lug is a little bigger it's not like it is the size of a battery terminal or anything.
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The easiest solution, IMO, would be to have a new, properly sized lug installed on the end of the cable. Maybe you can find someone at an auto electric shop who can do it without pulling the whole cable out, or you can find someone with the right crimping tool who would let you borrow it for a couple hours.
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That seems like the best solution to you ?
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...I might have to switch to a three bolt...
Duralast Gold/Starter DLG5154 - Read 5 Reviews on Duralast Gold #DLG5154
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Your truck and mine are the same.
Disconnect your batteries. With the starter laying on the ground under the truck, are you able to connect the large cable to the starter? What kind of clearance does the cable end have to the starter?
Using an angle grinder to shave excess material from the cable end might be your answer.
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Three bolt and two bolt starters are interchangeable on our trucks. Part number 35154 that I recommended is a three bolt. My truck came with a two bolt. Several of us FTE guys have the 35154 on our trucks now.
Your truck and mine are the same.
Disconnect your batteries. With the starter laying on the ground under the truck, are you able to connect the large cable to the starter? What kind of clearance does the cable end have to the starter?
Using an angle grinder to shave excess material from the cable end might be your answer.
Your truck and mine are the same.
Disconnect your batteries. With the starter laying on the ground under the truck, are you able to connect the large cable to the starter? What kind of clearance does the cable end have to the starter?
Using an angle grinder to shave excess material from the cable end might be your answer.
Where would I get the extra bolt? Does it come with the starter? Where did you get yours?
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I believe this is the starter Pikachu is referencing.
EDIT: Well, based on the customer reviews it appears to be a knockoff Denso starter. Not really sure how they use the same name though, but the real Denso is upwards of $400 based on the customer reviews.
EDIT: Well, based on the customer reviews it appears to be a knockoff Denso starter. Not really sure how they use the same name though, but the real Denso is upwards of $400 based on the customer reviews.
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I would have to agree with Pikachu for a true Denso. The one Sous mentions at Amazon is most likely a Denso knockoff for that price. A true Denso from either Japan or Taiwan would cost between $300 to $400 but is well worth eliminating your headaches. I think I have some pics of my Denso in one of my albums.
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Three bolt and two bolt starters are interchangeable on our trucks. Part number 35154 that I recommended is a three bolt. My truck came with a two bolt. Several of us FTE guys have the 35154 on our trucks now.
Your truck and mine are the same.
Disconnect your batteries. With the starter laying on the ground under the truck, are you able to connect the large cable to the starter? What kind of clearance does the cable end have to the starter?
Using an angle grinder to shave excess material from the cable end might be your answer.
Your truck and mine are the same.
Disconnect your batteries. With the starter laying on the ground under the truck, are you able to connect the large cable to the starter? What kind of clearance does the cable end have to the starter?
Using an angle grinder to shave excess material from the cable end might be your answer.