starter woes

[ho70]

as the snow starts to melt here in the great white north, I have been trying to replace the starter. I bought a replacement. After soldering on a new terminal end on the yellow wire and new positive battery cable end after the other one broke off, I installed the starter only to find the old bolts are an inch too long, so off t o parts source and they had nothing so off to cdn tire and had to buy two packages of three size starter bolts for 20 bucks, got home and the 4 inch bolt I need has a knurled shaft above the threads which is too wide to fit in the starter second hole bolt opening. Figured why grind it down when I can return the bolts and get proper ones cheaper now that it isn't sunday and piston ring is open. Anyone else have troubles like this or I am just special? The engine is a 402.

[bigmac73]

sounds like they gave you the wrong starter, if the bolts worked fine before?? I would get the old one back and either swap the nose or just get it rebuilt

[dirtyjim]

A lot of the newer rebuilt starters have the shorter nose and use late model bolts that are about 3/4" shorter than the original bolts and usually aren't available at the parts store

[cdowns]

sounds like you should bring it with you to get the right stuff the first time

[litew8]

x2 always bring with to compare old/new. It's a pain, but will save time/gas. I hate auto parts stores.

[ho70]

the starter is the only aftermarket one I could get (platinum) I checked the parts number (3560) on two different web sites and it is the correct starter. I checked the hole alignment etc and the only difference was the stud mounting width is one inch less. The new bolts are knurled so I just have to knock them deeper with a mallet and then wrench tight-should work