Starter Issues

[Westy78]

That sucks Neal.

It really does.

Just separate the engine & trans till there's enough room to grab the bushing, no need to drop the engine.

-John

Yep, I feel your pain. Exact thing happened to me. Only had to separate the engine from the trans an inch or two to grab it. It was removing all the tin and wiring to do that that was a pain.

[ruckman101]

Racking the noggin, and no alternative springs to mind. Brass, so magnet is out, ach!

Neal, do you have one of these 4 fingered willie picker upper thingamabob's ?? . . . .reaches into inaccessible, awkward places.
http://www.ttcuk.com/ullman-m16---flexi ... 1643-p.asp . . . three minutes of calm patience and you'll have it back!!

. . . . . sometimes a rag nudged gently into a deep/dark cavity can save your bushing!!

I do now!


neal

[tristessa]

So .. didja get the bushing out of the bellhousing?

[ruckman101]

Yes, got the bushing out of the housing with a tap. Worked real well. I was so pleased with myself. Got the new bushing out, but am scratching my head on getting the new one in. No luck so far.

[ruckman101]

Success! Used a bolt that essentially the same size as the bushing, but bushing slid easily onto down to the head, then inserted bolt until bushing started to seat and tapped bolt head until bushing seated.

Taking a smoke break, but got the first three bolts holding engine to transmission all snugged down. Woo Hoo!


neal

[Hippie]

=D>
A PITA, overall, but you'll know you did the whole job the right way.

[LiveonJG]

=D>
A PITA, overall, but you'll know you did the whole job the right way.

Except for the parts he did wrong, like dropping the bushing.

-John

[ruckman101]

Curious. Now I seem to have absolutely no electric. 12.75 volts at the battery, but no headlights, dash lights, no engine turny, just dead.


sigh.



neal

[dtrumbo]

The big nut on the starter isn't tight. The positive battery cable goes from the battery to the starter and then from there, everywhere else. Check at the starter.

[ruckman101]

I am sooooo embarrassed.

Actually hooking up the wires did the trick. Starter sounds different, but is at last working. Whew.

Thanks for all your help folks.



neal

[airkooledchris]

ALIVE!

[ruckman101]

lol,

Yes, alive but....the generator light doesn't go out after starting, and the turn signals give two or three blinks before stalling and then I can see the generator light pulsing. Wipers seem a tad slow, too.

Annoying.


neal

[LiveonJG]

lol,

Yes, alive but....the generator light doesn't go out after starting, and the turn signals give two or three blinks before stalling and then I can see the generator light pulsing. Wipers seem a tad slow, too.

Annoying.


neal

The fun never ends! Sounds like you've got a short somewhere. Probably in the connections at the starter. Did you hook up everything the way it had been before?

-John

[ruckman101]

Ok, so 12.75 volts at the battery. Muir references only one wire connected to the terminal post not connected to the starter, I have two. Is that wrong? One from the battery, and another bundled with the small wire with spade connection. Connections are tight. I remounted my fuse block so it isn't dangling about. When I start it, what should the voltage be at the battery? 14 volts? I have 12.3. and the generator light still stays on.


neal

[ruckman101]

I'm flummoxed. I guess I'll start down the Muir path of checking for a spark at the battery ground cable, and pulling fuses until I find the circuit that's shorting. Pesky.


neal