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04-07-2014, 12:00 AM
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Location: Winnipeg, Mb
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starter woes
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.
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04-07-2014, 04:55 AM
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Re: starter woes
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
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04-07-2014, 12:13 PM
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Re: starter woes
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
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04-07-2014, 12:26 PM
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Re: starter woes
sounds like you should bring it with you to get the right stuff the first time
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04-07-2014, 12:31 PM
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Re: starter woes
x2 always bring with to compare old/new. It's a pain, but will save time/gas. I hate auto parts stores.
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04-07-2014, 11:03 PM
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Re: starter woes
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
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