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In my 89 302, I had some serious starter problems that eventually ended up being the wrong starter. this started with one of the starter bolts broke off in the tranny and had to drill a hole in it to mount the starter. Now I bought a new starter, and it sounded good, but after a while, it got noisy, and then right when it would start, it made a lound clunk sound, and eventually quit working. I went to start it and all I heard was grinding, it was weird because the starter seemed fine, with the exception of a little bearing play, but it appeared to grind away part of my ring gear, my new starter is doing this again, I want to fix the problem before I need another one, so what would cause this? starter too close to ring gear? or starter too far away? thanks.
Tim
Tim
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From: San Jose NOR*CAL
Try getting a starter shim (motormite and dorman make them $10.00) My starter on my Galaxie (289) pinged and grinded like $#%^ put the shim in and problem solved !!!
Also make sure you have the right stater for your truck.
Also make sure you have the right stater for your truck.
