Starter issues...
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Tuned
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From: Winchester, KY,USA
Starter issues...
Up until about 4 weeks ago, I finished buttoning up my 351 swap. Then I started having issues with my starter...I'd have to tap it a few times to get it to start. So I replaced it with a brand new(not reman) starter from Advance Auto (Car Quest). After installing it and firing her up I noticed that the starter would occasionally grind against the flywheel, so I shimmed it up....and it still would grind so I went back and exchanged the starter a second time. This time no grinding but the starter cog was staying "engaged" to the flywheel after start up.So back a third time to replace the starter yet again.......and the third starter doesn't grind either but is still engaging the flywheel.... PLEASE HELP!!!
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Is the starter relay on the fender new as well? They're probably the most common failure point in modern new replacement parts for our Fords. You may have had two problems then. One with the starter itself, and one with the relay sticking and keeping the starter spinning.
What year is your truck? What style starter did you replace your old one with (if any)? Assuming you put a new starter in with the 351 that is.
If you put a modern PMGR starter where a standard Bendix style was before, changing the wiring can often lead to starter run-on as well.
Let us know what you're running exactly and maybe we can come up with some different (and more helpful hopefully!) answers for you too. What is new, what is old, and what is non-stock with the truck?
Paul
What year is your truck? What style starter did you replace your old one with (if any)? Assuming you put a new starter in with the 351 that is.
If you put a modern PMGR starter where a standard Bendix style was before, changing the wiring can often lead to starter run-on as well.
Let us know what you're running exactly and maybe we can come up with some different (and more helpful hopefully!) answers for you too. What is new, what is old, and what is non-stock with the truck?
Paul
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Tuned
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Thanks for the reply Paul. I guess I should rephrase...the first new starter would hit against the flywheel teeth instead of engaging smoothly; I'd have to blip it once or twice before it would engage the flywheel teeth. The second and now third starters engage the teeth on the flywheel and the engine starts great, but it seems as though the starters cog is free wheeling along with the flywheel and there is a slight "rubbing or hissing" sound in the bellhousing.....btw if you note in my signature, my truck's a '95 F150 formerly with a 300 and 5 speed M5OD but now changed to a 351 from a '95 F250
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Tuned
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Well I solved my own problem...after my starter died, I got a new starter from Advance. When the counter guy there asked me what I needed I told him a starter for a 1995 F150 with a 351. Since F150s with a 351 came with automatics, that's what I got. This time I asked for and got a starter for a 1995 F350 with a 351 and a standard transmission and it works!!!
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