Starter Removal - '64 with headers
Just thought I'd share a tip/trick I used this morning.
I'm not going to open the "Can of Worms" about starter heat-soak again, but it happened to me last night. No "click" from the solenoid. About the time I got a buddy and a tow arranged (1 hour) just for ghits & siggles I turned the key and vroom! It had cooled down enough.
Anyway - after cussing up a storm getting the starter out from between the tranny cooler lines and the headers (using a pry-bar and kicking myself at not notching the holes for the heat shield I made)I rebuilt the thing.
BTW - NAPA/Echlin brushes are part #R503
Time to go back in. I can't pry the header away the 1/8" I need with one hand, and shove the 25 lb. starter up the hole with the other. I need some way to move the header and keep my hands free.
Using a ratchet tie-down strap I found a couple of convenient holes in the frame, looped the strap around the offending header tube and gave it a few cranks. It gave me the clearance needed to slide the starter right up in the hole.
Reconnecting the wiring is another story!
Thought I'd share.
I'm not going to open the "Can of Worms" about starter heat-soak again, but it happened to me last night. No "click" from the solenoid. About the time I got a buddy and a tow arranged (1 hour) just for ghits & siggles I turned the key and vroom! It had cooled down enough.
Anyway - after cussing up a storm getting the starter out from between the tranny cooler lines and the headers (using a pry-bar and kicking myself at not notching the holes for the heat shield I made)I rebuilt the thing.
BTW - NAPA/Echlin brushes are part #R503
Time to go back in. I can't pry the header away the 1/8" I need with one hand, and shove the 25 lb. starter up the hole with the other. I need some way to move the header and keep my hands free.
Using a ratchet tie-down strap I found a couple of convenient holes in the frame, looped the strap around the offending header tube and gave it a few cranks. It gave me the clearance needed to slide the starter right up in the hole.
Reconnecting the wiring is another story!
Thought I'd share.
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