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72 GMC K1500 · 08-22-2005, 11:13 PM

OK, I have a 72 K1500 with a sbc 350, Turbo 350 and headers (truck came with the headers) that I bought recently. The issue was if you drove the vehicle on a hot day, shut it off, and then tried to restart...nothing. If it sat for 15 miuntes or so it would fire right back up.
Today I replaced the battery, both cables, the starter and solenoid (with new heat shield), and redid the wiring going to the starter.
Now, when it gets hot after driving a while it will start but about 50% of the time you hit the ignition switch I get a loud clunk and the motor will not spin. If you hit the key a couple more times it will fire right up.
Suggestions?

jhow66 · 08-22-2005, 11:57 PM

Remote solenoid. Easy fix.

jhow66 · 08-23-2005, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jhow66

Remote solenoid. Easy fix.

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72 GMC K1500 · 08-23-2005, 09:20 AM

A.P. and jhow thanks for the responses. I was hoping not to have to use a remote solenoid. There were ZERO shims on the starter when I pulled it off. I am thinking about putting 1 or 2 shims on it to see how that affects the operations. Do you think that will possibly work?

A.P. · 08-23-2005, 11:54 AM

72 GMC K1500 my old starter did not have any shims either but with a new starter it was making a really nasty noise when starting. After installing shims my truck is now starting good. I also had a remote starter, but I disconnected it after installing a heat shield on the starter solenoid. Here is a pic of the heat shield I installed. Its been over a year since I installed it and I have not any starting problems yet.

72 GMC K1500 · 08-23-2005, 01:58 PM

A.P. Thanks for the advice. I have the same heat shield installed. Hopefully it will work as well as yours did. How many shims did you add to get the starter to work correctly?

A.P. · 08-23-2005, 12:03 AM

The clunk might be that you need to shimmy your starter.

A.P. · 08-24-2005, 03:35 AM

I had to use 2 shims.

08-22-2005, 11:13 PM	#1
72 GMC K1500 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 24	Starter Problems...Help OK, I have a 72 K1500 with a sbc 350, Turbo 350 and headers (truck came with the headers) that I bought recently. The issue was if you drove the vehicle on a hot day, shut it off, and then tried to restart...nothing. If it sat for 15 miuntes or so it would fire right back up. Today I replaced the battery, both cables, the starter and solenoid (with new heat shield), and redid the wiring going to the starter. Now, when it gets hot after driving a while it will start but about 50% of the time you hit the ignition switch I get a loud clunk and the motor will not spin. If you hit the key a couple more times it will fire right up. Suggestions? __________________ 1972 GMC K1500, sbc 350, turbo 350 Castle Rock, CO

08-22-2005, 11:57 PM	#2
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Remote solenoid. Easy fix. __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

08-23-2005, 09:20 AM	#4
72 GMC K1500 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 24	A.P. and jhow thanks for the responses. I was hoping not to have to use a remote solenoid. There were ZERO shims on the starter when I pulled it off. I am thinking about putting 1 or 2 shims on it to see how that affects the operations. Do you think that will possibly work? __________________ 1972 GMC K1500, sbc 350, turbo 350 Castle Rock, CO

08-23-2005, 11:54 AM	#5
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	72 GMC K1500 my old starter did not have any shims either but with a new starter it was making a really nasty noise when starting. After installing shims my truck is now starting good. I also had a remote starter, but I disconnected it after installing a heat shield on the starter solenoid. Here is a pic of the heat shield I installed. Its been over a year since I installed it and I have not any starting problems yet. Attached Images

08-23-2005, 01:58 PM	#6
72 GMC K1500 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Castle Rock, CO Posts: 24	A.P. Thanks for the advice. I have the same heat shield installed. Hopefully it will work as well as yours did. How many shims did you add to get the starter to work correctly? __________________ 1972 GMC K1500, sbc 350, turbo 350 Castle Rock, CO

08-23-2005, 12:03 AM	#7
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	The clunk might be that you need to shimmy your starter.

08-24-2005, 03:35 AM	#8
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	I had to use 2 shims.



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