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Chevy87blazer · 01-24-2003, 12:18 AM

alright i went to take out my starter tonight and the damn thing wont come out! i have the 2 bolts off and lowered my off road plate so make some room.. but it still wont come out... ideas needed badly!

87 S10 blazer 2.8L

CoryM · 01-24-2003, 12:22 AM

The starter is loose but unable to get it out? Whats in the way?
Often on trucks there is a little bracket that goes from the front of the starter to the block(just below) to support the weight of the heavy starter. You got that and the wires off?
CoryM

***Liz*** · 01-24-2003, 12:24 AM

BFH

TODDS 72 · 01-24-2003, 12:26 AM

are you on top or undernth the truck?

72shadetree · 01-24-2003, 12:27 AM

yeah bfh

Chevy87blazer · 01-24-2003, 12:35 AM

the wires are off and everything is off the starter.... im working from under neath... still need more help!

barn9 · 01-24-2003, 12:55 AM

Put the bolts back in it (not tight), and use a screwdriver or small chisel to break the seal between the starter and bracket. And yes I know there is no seal, but time and heat can make one.

79Silv4x4 · 01-24-2003, 03:23 AM

Take some pics

Hooter · 01-24-2003, 03:27 AM

Probly just 20 years worth of crap making it stay there. hit it a few times, if you are taking it out it probly doesnt work properly anwyays and its not like hitting it will make it worse

junkyardjohn · 01-24-2003, 11:26 AM

IT'S BEGINING TO LOOK LIKE MOMS GUNNA SELL THAT SUCKER. WHATS HER PHO. #??

SERIOSLY THOUGH -- ARE YOU HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO GET IT OUT?? IS IT LOOSE FROM THE BLOCK?? SEE IF YOU CAN FLIP THE STARTER 180 DEG. & TAKE IT OUT IN THAT DIRECTION.

DennyB · 01-24-2003, 12:18 PM

LMAO @ MHC & junkyardjohn
Note:
My father had a saying...

Quote:

If you can’t get it off, one of two things are the matter....
1) You’re not mad enough yet..
2) You need a bigger hammer.

Chevy87blazer
Has this engine (2.8) been replaced with a car engine. If so then the starters are different and you will need to jack up the engine or grind a notch in the bell housing (not recommended) to remove it.
If not then do like junkyardjohn says. Try turning, sliding, wiggling, turning, sliding, wiggling, turning, sliding, wiggling.

From your post it sounds like you’re in a panic. Remain calm.
It will come out with some persistence and patients.

Also, more detail in your post as to what exactly is the problem or interference will help us to give information.

Good luck

Chevy87blazer · 01-24-2003, 04:07 PM

alright it is loose and off the block.. i replaced the starter less than a year ago.... so there isnt **** built up on there. i just cant make enough room to get it out and i need some help on what i should do.

Prerunner1982 · 01-24-2003, 04:18 PM

pull the engine.....

1974ChevyC10 · 01-24-2003, 04:27 PM

find someone with small hands and see if they can get up in there to get it out.dont laugh that trick has worked for me in the past...im not blessed with small hands.

DennyB · 01-24-2003, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chevy87blazer
alright it is loose and off the block.. i replaced the starter less than a year ago.... so there isnt **** built up on there. i just cant make enough room to get it out and i need some help on what i should do.

Its tight but it will come out. I know I've done 2 of these, one had the above mentioned "car engine transplant. I had to jack up the engine to get it loose..If it was easy...everyone would do it..lol
How did you get it out and in last time??????
We are trying to help but we can't do it for you.
Use your head and work at a while.
If you give up, pay someone to do it.

TODDS 72 · 01-24-2003, 07:42 PM

i think jackin the right side of engine has already been mentioned in one of your many other post on this starter post saga.........

Chevy87blazer · 01-24-2003, 08:06 PM

yeah..last time it took me forever to get it out!

Chevy87blazer · 01-26-2003, 04:11 PM

out and the new one is almost in!!!

DennyB · 01-27-2003, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TODDS 72
i think jackin the right side of engine has already been mentioned in one of your many other post on this starter post saga.........

You dont need to lift the Engine Unless The Engine was replaced with a car engine and the Car starter was still in it.
The starters in the trucks are shorter than the car starters.
Thats why I brought it up

DennyB · 01-27-2003, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chevy87blazer
out and the new one is almost in!!!

You got the old one tested and it was bad?
Let us know.

01-24-2003, 12:18 AM	#1
Chevy87blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 294	Stuck!!!! alright i went to take out my starter tonight and the damn thing wont come out! i have the 2 bolts off and lowered my off road plate so make some room.. but it still wont come out... ideas needed badly! 87 S10 blazer 2.8L

01-24-2003, 12:22 AM	#2
CoryM Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Surrey, B.C. , Canada Posts: 874	The starter is loose but unable to get it out? Whats in the way? Often on trucks there is a little bracket that goes from the front of the starter to the block(just below) to support the weight of the heavy starter. You got that and the wires off? CoryM __________________ 1970 heavy duty C-10 fleetside sport truck. Vancouver B.C. Canada http://www.geocities.com/chevroletc1070 "Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high." Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, Canadian Army

01-24-2003, 12:26 AM	#4
TODDS 72 Not the nightly winner Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CHARLEMONT MA.USA Posts: 763	are you on top or undernth the truck? __________________ 72C10SWB BLUE 350/350 86K10LWB BLUE 5.7 700r4 7.5' fisher plow 93S10XCAB4X4 BLUE 4.3 4L60e 69gmc c10 v8 3 on the tree yellow 72k10 swb 350 3 on the tree green 86k15 swb5.0L 4spd brown

01-24-2003, 12:27 AM	#5
72shadetree KEEP ON TRUCKING Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: martinsville va Posts: 2,563	yeah bfh __________________ 72 cheyenne 2wd lwb 71 k20 sons bassett va

01-24-2003, 12:55 AM	#7
barn9 Half a bubble off! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Winfield, Ks, USA Posts: 5,588	Put the bolts back in it (not tight), and use a screwdriver or small chisel to break the seal between the starter and bracket. And yes I know there is no seal, but time and heat can make one. __________________ Just call me LB. '71 Cheyenne, 402BB, hauls blondes, brunettes, or redheads.

01-24-2003, 12:24 AM	#3
*Liz* Catchy title goes here.. Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Rockwell, NC Posts: 39,737	BFH

01-24-2003, 12:35 AM	#6
Chevy87blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 294	the wires are off and everything is off the starter.... im working from under neath... still need more help!

01-24-2003, 03:23 AM	#8
79Silv4x4 Workaholic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Katy, TX Posts: 1,589	Take some pics __________________ 1979 K-10 Silverado (work in progress) 1991 V1500 Subruban 1999 Suburban LT 4x4 2006 Suburban LTZ (daily driver)

01-24-2003, 03:27 AM	#9
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	Probly just 20 years worth of crap making it stay there. hit it a few times, if you are taking it out it probly doesnt work properly anwyays and its not like hitting it will make it worse __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

01-24-2003, 11:26 AM	#10
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	IT'S BEGINING TO LOOK LIKE MOMS GUNNA SELL THAT SUCKER. WHATS HER PHO. #?? SERIOSLY THOUGH -- ARE YOU HAVING A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CLEARANCE TO GET IT OUT?? IS IT LOOSE FROM THE BLOCK?? SEE IF YOU CAN FLIP THE STARTER 180 DEG. & TAKE IT OUT IN THAT DIRECTION. __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST Last edited by junkyardjohn; 01-24-2003 at 11:33 AM.

01-24-2003, 04:07 PM	#12
Chevy87blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 294	alright it is loose and off the block.. i replaced the starter less than a year ago.... so there isnt **** built up on there. i just cant make enough room to get it out and i need some help on what i should do.

01-24-2003, 04:18 PM	#13
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,906	pull the engine..... __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call

01-24-2003, 04:27 PM	#14
1974ChevyC10 Overworked and Underlaid Join Date: May 2002 Location: Flagstaff,Arizona Posts: 1,279	find someone with small hands and see if they can get up in there to get it out.dont laugh that trick has worked for me in the past...im not blessed with small hands. __________________ I'd rather push a Chevy than drive a Ford The Beast-1978 C10 LWB Red-1978 C10 LWB (Uncle Mike)Michael Henry Millett 11/5/1957 to 03/08/2012 Gone but will never be forgotten-RIP (Uncle Chuck)Charles Manning Gulbronsen Sr 1956-2012 Taken from us to soon but you will live on in our hearts-RIP

01-24-2003, 07:42 PM	#16
TODDS 72 Not the nightly winner Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CHARLEMONT MA.USA Posts: 763	i think jackin the right side of engine has already been mentioned in one of your many other post on this starter post saga......... __________________ 72C10SWB BLUE 350/350 86K10LWB BLUE 5.7 700r4 7.5' fisher plow 93S10XCAB4X4 BLUE 4.3 4L60e 69gmc c10 v8 3 on the tree yellow 72k10 swb 350 3 on the tree green 86k15 swb5.0L 4spd brown

01-24-2003, 08:06 PM	#17
Chevy87blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 294	yeah..last time it took me forever to get it out!



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01-26-2003, 04:11 PM	#18
Chevy87blazer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Saginaw, MI Posts: 294	out and the new one is almost in!!!

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