This thing runs amazing, this is very unfortunate. Im talking to machine shops to see if someone can rig something up. It has 169k on the block and trans. 5spd manual.
Ill get some pics in sometime this week. Its nuts how it even worked at all. Yes by the way you are picturing it right...
So i get this truck, 5 mins later starter takes a shit. its a 6.5 TD. 1995 motor. The starter mount on the block broke off so the PO took a longer rod to the exhaust above because this chunk of the block broke off where the outer starter bolt mounts in. It worked sortof. I went to go re-'fix'...