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Oh and it also has intermittent heat soak/hot start issues in the summer, have to pour a bottle of cool water over the IP sometimes 😂

Oooh, hadn’t heard of that stuff, I’ll maybe do that just fer giggles

Ok, understand I’m not trying to cheap out and avoid fixing a good vehicle. I’m not against putting money into worthwhile vehicles. I have a 500hp Cummins in my Dodge that I built just because I wanted to. But the story on this truck is, it’s just a stand-in until I get my Dodge back together...

Pretty sure it won’t work, have to slide the starter forward several inches to get it out of the bellhousing.

Hadn’t heard of EZ lock, neat. Depends what size would be needed to go from current size back to stock I guess.

Ohh, I misunderstood, I thought you meant put an insert/bushing in the holes on the STARTER, so the stock bolts would fit the bigger holes and not be too sloppy. I realize now you were talking about the holes in the block, sorry for any confusion.

Yeah except the holes in the block are still too big for the stock bolts. Maybe I could throw some Timeserts in there. Trouble with all this is that it just makes more sets of threads, and therefore greater chances of something loosening up... hmm. I’m kinda leaning towards just using the...

I have a feeling the starter holes have been drilled out, they would be way too big for the new factory bolts. And I’m not putting a new starter on it btw, I realize it would be nice to throw a new one on since I’ve gone through all this trouble already but this one has been working fine and I...

I believe that’s what someone’s has already done here. The threads in the holes look fine, so I guess I could just put the old bolts (or new ones the same size) back in and hope for the best, and order up some Nordlocks for peace of mind. It might be an okay setup once I put the rear bracket on...

Well well well, bad just got worse. Pulled the starter and got a bad feeling when I saw the bolts. See pic below. Sure enough, somebody has already been in here and farmered the whole thing up for me. One of the mounting holes has been Helicoiled, can see the tang in the hole still. Threads in...

Well, I thought about it, might do that and if it’s feels okay then pull it apart and grease it up. Just a temporary fix though, wouldn’t want to rely on it for long

Buddy you are awesome and a little bit crazy! I like your music too 👍🏼

Yeah it’s not moving till I get that figured out. Cheap brand bearing (world parts or something) is $200, SKF is $350. As this is just a beater I will probably cheap out on this one, I hate to do it, but I cannot justify putting nearly $400 into this truck when I have other better vehicles to...

Oh ok 👍🏼

Got my bolts today, bracket should be here tomorrow or Thursday, depending on the weather I think. Is it just me or does that knurling look rather poorly executed?

Interesting, that’s probably why I only have the high speed in my 6.5 then... although it doesn’t squeal

Hmm, the blower motor in my dad’s ‘96 with the 5.7 vortec has been squealing intermittently for probably 8 years, is that something to be concerned about?

Alrighty then, I’ll grab the bolts and get them to order the bracket tomorrow. Any thoughts on the washers?

Ok, local dealership wants over 12 bucks EACH for the two starter bolts, but they actually have a few in stock, which was surprising. Have to source washers separately, unless I can reuse the old washers? They also want $30 for the bracket, not too keen on those prices but I might have to go...

👍🏼 Thanks Will, I’ll give er a try tomorrow