Guest kc6wfs Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 Hello all, I have for the most part finished my conversion except for the exhaust and have only fired up the "z" 3 or 4 times. First time took 3 tries.. New motor.. I ran it for a min or so. Next day I went to start it and the starter slipped a tad but it started fairly quick on the first try. Today I installed my Spal fans and the darn starter was only grinding when I went to start it. I pulled the starter and the gear is shreaded 1/8" or so. The shop.. Little mom and pop place that has helped me through the conversion is sending the starter back to the rebuilder to see what they think. Mom and pop was telling me I need to shim the starter but he could not tell me how to. I have worked on cars for a long time and have never had to shim a starter. I'm sure I'm going to have to eat the cost of the starter but what might have caused the starter to get eaten so quick?? It was the 3rd pictured (light weight) in the JTR book. Works with the 153 tooth and the 168 tooth flex plate. I have the ZZ4 flex plate and a 2000 Vortec 350 and a 1984 700R4. Help!!!!!!! Dave Booth http://www.geocities.com/kc6wfs/240z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted December 11, 2000 Share Posted December 11, 2000 Starter shims on GM products are pretty common. You can usually get these in the parts store under the Red bubble pack HELP! collection of odd parts. You need to have a certain clearance in the meshed gears. Something like 0.1" clearance I have the info at home from my aftermarket starter. Email me if you want the exact info (I'd forget otherwise). ------------------ Pete Paraska - 73 540Z - Marathon Z Project pparaska@home.com Pete's V8 Datsun 240Z Pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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