85 oil burner
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- Joined
- May 17, 2013
- Posts
- 28
- Reaction score
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- Location
- waterford,mi
- First Name
- richard
- Truck Year
- 1985
- Truck Model
- suburban
- Engine Size
- 6.2
Hey yall got a question,I got a 85 burb' with a 6.2 diesel in it and shes on the rocks so to speak,well heres the deal,the starter went out a while back so I bought a nice new one which worked fine for a while,well come huntin season she starts acting up ,perfect timing right,well its because the bolts were comin loose,so my mechanic tapped them out and put new bolt in,heres the problem,they were from home depot and of course they were not the right size,no fault of his own he was just tryin' to help,well as murphys law would have it those things snapped clean off in a months time,and the starter was hangin' by a the wire when I looked under the truck to see what all the racket as on a cold december morning when I tried to start her,and to top it all off I am told the blocks cracked along with the flexplate because the cover was not installed on the previous repair ,now assuming the block is cracked where the starter is held and not where the internals are,wouldnt it be possible to weld the starter to the motor if not then its off to the junkyard ? Obviously I could never replace the starter again but this is my daily driver and I really dont have the desire or the cash to shell out for a new truck or a burb and besides who wants to drive something made out of plastic anyway.This a good idea to try it or am I gonna have to call the scrap man ?
