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Old Jul 20, 2017 | 06:29 AM
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1968 corvette - I needed to replace the dust shield on the bell housing, in order to do that I had to remove the hitachi starter motor . All went well ,I replaced the starter with the shims that were there. Bolted up nicely. Went to start the car starter sounds real bad , car will turn over but won'start, What next???
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did the dust shield interfere with the starter shims?
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Originally Posted by harmoe
1968 corvette - I needed to replace the dust shield on the bell housing, in order to do that I had to remove the hitachi starter motor . All went well ,I replaced the starter with the shims that were there. Bolted up nicely. Went to start the car starter sounds real bad , car will turn over but won'start, What next???

Describe "sounds real bad". Is it a high pitched whine like a 60-70's Chrysler starter motor or a deep grinding sound?
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Old Jul 21, 2017 | 06:47 PM
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Describe "sounds real bad". Is it a high pitched whine like a 60-70's Chrysler starter motor or a deep grinding sound?
It appears that the dust shield or clutch inspection plate makes contact with the flywheel. I might have to space it off the bell housing.
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Originally Posted by henrikse
did the dust shield interfere with the starter shims?
It appears that the dust shield or clutch inspection plate makes contact with the flywheel. I might have to space it off the bell housing.
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Old Jul 21, 2017 | 06:58 PM
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Why would you have to replace the clutch inspection plate?

Good thing you didn't beat up the ring gears -should be an easy fix.
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