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Originally Posted by willett

it seems a bit odd to me that you have nuked 3 starters in 1 year.

perhaps there is a deeper root to the problem?

Originally Posted by BLE 'BURBAN

Get rid of the problem by getting rid of the headers. Problem solved.
If it's headers you want then get some "shorty" headers

Good advise here. I'll throw in my few cents. I've burned up a couple NSS in the past few years. (Enough that I carry a spare in the glovebox now.) They are adjustable, just by loosening the 2 mounting screws and rotating the switch a little left or right. If your cab mounts are shot or loose, adjustment won't matter. Park and Neutral on the trans may be something else on the column.

Initial timing. A little to much can hammer the starter. On mine, it was fine cold, but warmed up it was slow cranking and sometimes would "backlash" (everything I read told me it was the heat from my headers also. Until it first "hammered") I'm currently running cheap Heddman longtubes, and my starter has been happy there for about a year and a half now. (knock on wood)