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Hey guys, I'm a newbie here, hope someone can help me out. I converted to 12 volts over the winter,everthing went pretty good, until I started her up. Starter now grinds, not everytime but maybe grind 3 times then turn key and starts. Winter before last the starter ws rebuilt and a new gear was installed,not one grind until 12volts. Is the 12 volt firing the startergear out too fast and just mashing into ring gear? I took it apart and cleaned up both gears with a dremel- there were burrs seemed to help but didn't cure it.

You need a new starter drive on the front of the starter. It has a one way clutch & is slipping internally. Get a new one. The rebuilts are not good.

Do you have a 12v starter of a 6v starter?

Do you have a 12v flywheel or a 6v flywheel?

I used a 55 bellhousing, flywheel and pressureplate to install a t5 tranny. Then realized my 6volt starter gears wouldn't work withthe flywheel.So at the time, not knowing any better I had the local auto electric guy modify my starter to install apropriate gear, i now know I could have just used a matching flywheel and starter. Anyway it is a 6volt starter with 12volt gear and 12volt flywheel, the same setup worked all last year-flawlessly,until the 12volt conversion.

The reason I switched from original flywheel is that it was a powerglide

no ideas?

Did you say you had matched the starter gear ratio to the # teeth on the flywheel ? Sounds like it does not engage correctly. Could be the " clutch " on the old starter is not working right.

after cleaning up both gears with a dremel it works probably80% of the time I think I'll take my time and clean them really well and see how it behaves.