Ok, I'm having issues.
I'm so ******* sick of this starting problem.
But first, I am in agreement with you guys. I may have gotten lucky with a good block that has potential. And I would love to be back with my tools and welder and tear her down and put it back together with a couple mods, learn and have fun along the way. Have a real project for once. Not a daily-project.
But, that's not an option right now. So, that being so,
There is one thing that is a requirement, as a daily. It can have a list of issues, honestly. Im pretty tolerable. But. The one things that's absolutely necessary,
it has to fkn start.
I'm have the flexplate, was going to put it in yesterday.
I keep getting the starter in there, and shimmed correctly. Itll start without a problem, no wine or grind. Then a day or two later, she grinds like a mf. And off I go reshimming.
So, before I could get the truck to my buddies shop, I had to reshim the starter and even smack it before it even tried starting. Took a few adjustments on shims, but got it to start with zero noise. Put everything back together, still not a lick of noise. Actually sounded better then i remember it ever sounding.
Got to my buddies shop. After trying for two weeks. Ended up having to start it a couple more times, still sounded wonderful.
So much so, in fact, that it made us question weather it needed anything, I started it a handful of times, sounded great.
Well, we attempted to pull the drivetrain back. We didnt for a few reasons, didnt even get close to that. but instead got a bolt in for the tranny, one was missing on the bottommost location, driver side. Tried to drill out the other, support on passenger side that is broke, got a little ways and threw in the towel. Rather have to pull the motor or tranny to do it right then try now and making it worse. Greased all the zerts I could find while I was down there.
Put it all back together, inspection cover, two supports that bolt to that, trans lines, (which almost driped nothing out, is that normal?) the support bar for the t case, front driveshaft, and that's all I touched.
Started it, she sounded like it skipped.
Put tools away, started it to leave, and grinded and clunked but started.
Had to start it to give my father in law a ride to work. He's a firefighter for the airbase, his jeep threw a oil cooler again, the 'hooptie' wouldn't start, and then after being woke up and unexpectedly asked for a ride,I tried to start the truck. 3xs. Grinded and skipped. Clunked and wined.
Stopped. She wasn't gonna start. He had to walk.
Wtf.
Why does it seem fine one day,and then by the next day, it sounds like grinder.
Every time, good one day, leaves you stranded the next. Then off to Reshim. Repeat.
What would cause this?
I'm so sick of this. Working on this starter situation everyday. Up down up down.
At least if it was a manual we could start it, parks on a hill even.
So I'ls that the right starter?
I was supposed to go home, do a timing belt and control arms on the beemer Tuesday, and get it going again, until father's in law jeep decided to dump its oil out on the driveway and I haven't been able to get this truck even starting, let alone running well enough, to trust it to leave my lady 6hrs away with it for a week.
I'd be out there today working on it, but I'm just so tired of trying, and failing.
