I went ahead and ordered this. I'm going to run it regardless. The shaft is 50 years old and has pretty bad wear on it
Well I ordered some Heat sleeving from Summit along with some starter wrap. I realized how close my headers are going to be to my starter and my transmission cooling lines. I did a quick search here on the boards and seen other people have had to do similar mods with large tube headers.
It's a starter that also fits many Chevy LT1 engines. If you look up a 95 Roadmaster at rockauto, you can use those starters. It's a Delco PG260. This was a deal when they were available, https://www.dbelectrical.com/produc...VzODICh1Ygw25EAQYBCABEgLegPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds You need mini starter specific bolts.
I'm getting ready to install the speedi sleeve. I would appreciate some advice on how to do it correctly. Looks like it's going to be a really really tight fit. do I want to sand the balancer Hub down a little bit?
It is a new surface for hub, you don’t need to sand it, it’s a press on . It may have a bit of sealer with it that would go on shaft before sleeve.
I am probably going to buy this starter. Does it have the hole for the brace that goes up to the block or is that necessary with the smaller, lighter starter?
I have one, never installed it yet.. it's light enough to eliminate the brace. I haven't run the brace with the original starter for 20+ years.
Something strange happened tonight. I was tightening the harmonic balancer bolt to 150 ft lbs and the motor wasn't turning over...I thought that it was strange especially with no sparkplugs. All of the sudden BAM my whole body jolted forward! I thought I busted the bolt but what really happened was the motor started turning. What could have caused the temporary seizure of the motor? I turned it over by hand 2 complete revolutions after that. Seems fine but still very concerned
Did you have a screwdriver in the flywheel to lockup the motor and it broke? What do you all do to lock up the motor to tighten up that front bolt? You've got to tighten that sucker to 150+ lbs so the motor is going to move.
