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| | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 | I just installed a rebuilt starter on my 63 C10, 292. It starts fine, but make a whizzing sound while it's starting. A couple guys I talked to said it might need shims. I've never done this before. It seems odd to me that the one I pulled off (original I think) did NOT have any shims on it. What do you guys think?
Joe
'63 C10
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats | | Grumpy old guy playing with trucks, cars, and boats Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,859 | you need shims. common issue. chalk it up to the manufacturing tolerances of older engines.
Install the shims ASAP. Start with about .030 and go from there.
The problems we face today can not be addressed at the same level of intelligence we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein Or with the same level of $ - Me
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 21 | Okay, I got some shims and have tried a bunch of different combinations. Nothing helps. I'm thinking of returning the starter to Auto Zone and maybe try one from NAPA.
Joe
'63 C10
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