Thread: starter motor
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Old 12-28-2014, 04:03 PM   #5
1project2many
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Re: starter motor

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If the timing is off and the engine backfires or kicks back it can do that.

I just went through 2 and 3 with the Cadillac 500 I put in my 71 GMC and ended up with similar results and had to buy a new starter endframe.
I replaced three starters in two weeks right after I built a high comp 455 Buick in my younger days. A little spark a few degrees too early can blow the nose clean off the starter.
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