Broken Starter Mount on Block!!!
11-10-2008, 05:14 PM
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Broken Starter Mount on Block!!! While the starter was being removed for a header install, a piece of the block broke off where the bolt mounts for the starter. There is only one bolt holding the starter on now. I have heard that this "sleeve" breaks when an engine is hydrolocked, which makes sense because this car was. So, I guess have been driving around for almost 10k miles with a crack in the sleeve holding the one starter bolt and when they took it off it broke completely. What are my options, how serious is this? The place said they can use a special glue to put the piece back on, but recommend we get it tigged in the future.
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Well, I think it was jb welded or some type of "super glued" today and it is curing over night. Hopefully it will hold for awhile until the heads/cam go in and the motor is pulled so it can be properly tigged. The mount was most likely cracked before and it held so I'm not super concerned. I'm actually happy we found it now and not later down the rode when it broke and stranded my *** somewhere. Good news though....HEADERS ARE ONE!!!!
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Well, I think it was jb welded or some type of "super glued" today and it is curing over night. Hopefully it will hold for awhile until the heads/cam go in and the motor is pulled so it can be properly tigged. The mount was most likely cracked before and it held so I'm not super concerned. I'm actually happy we found it now and not later down the rode when it broke and stranded my *** somewhere. Good news though....HEADERS ARE ONE!!!!
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While the starter was being removed for a header install, a piece of the block broke off where the bolt mounts for the starter. There is only one bolt holding the starter on now. I have heard that this "sleeve" breaks when an engine is hydrolocked, which makes sense because this car was. So, I guess have been driving around for almost 10k miles with a crack in the sleeve holding the one starter bolt and when they took it off it broke completely. What are my options, how serious is this? The place said they can use a special glue to put the piece back on, but recommend we get it tigged in the future.
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How did you get it fixed?
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yea its fixable, id be careful with jb weld tho, i would not trust it. me and a buddy had a 200r4 bellhousing crack really bad (we were happy thinking LOTS of power) and when i took it to get it welded the guy wire wheeled it to discover it had lots o jb weld
...(the trans was black)
...(the trans was black) 