maksik7

Hey Guys,

I just installed a new set of headers on my car and fixed up some singed wires. Well I go to start the car and the starter makes this weird noise (grinding sort of). Well the engine still cranks but slowly and in bursts (speeds up and slows down). The engine still catches sometimes but rarely.

Does anybody have an idea. At least can you tell me if this is a mechanical problem (bad starter) or electric.

Thanks for the help,
-Max

BTW Checked the battery and it's got plenty of juice.

RB83L69

Has it ever done this before?

You have come up with a classic description of The Problem, where the starter bolt holes are too far from the crank. Sort of like having too many shims in it except you can't take them out.

Check your starter installation, make sure you used real starter bolts NOT regular ones; starter bolts are special, they have a shoulder right behind the threads that "dowel pins" the starter in the correct location, with regular bolts the starter can be improperly located which will act the same as the above.

spartyon

jsut to make sure put a battery charger on for and hour and then try it again. otherwise the starter is fudged up.i would rather test the batter than buy a new starter cuz those things are a pain in the booty to put on and take offif u have long tubes

maksik7

Thanks for the help,

I checked the batery and it is fine. Now the bolts I used are the same starter bolts that were there. (Just put engine back together 2 months ago) and I had no problems with this for teh 2 months, it just started yesterday. Anyways should I just remove the starter and put it back on in case it moved a little bit away?

Thanks,
-Max

maksik7

oops, dbl post

spartyon

put a heat shield on that one to. protects it from headers better