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dbmx66 · 03-05-2011, 05:22 PM

okay so i fired it up, did the timing, let in run for a few minutes, shut if off, go to start it back up all i hear is this grinding noise, so when i look at the starter, the teeth that engage into the flex pate are stuck in the flex plate.

the starter has not been moved since the engine has been dropped in, the bolts were tight as well?

everytime i do the paperclip trick and get it at a good spot, i tap the start button, and it gets stuck in to flex plate... everytime.

what happened?

03-05-2011, 05:22 PM	#1
dbmx66 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: PA Posts: 883	what the hell happened to my starter? okay so i fired it up, did the timing, let in run for a few minutes, shut if off, go to start it back up all i hear is this grinding noise, so when i look at the starter, the teeth that engage into the flex pate are stuck in the flex plate. the starter has not been moved since the engine has been dropped in, the bolts were tight as well? everytime i do the paperclip trick and get it at a good spot, i tap the start button, and it gets stuck in to flex plate... everytime. what happened?