Hmm, ok...

You never did say if it was a large or small starter. Either way I would say it might be mis-shimmed, or sorry, rather NEEDS to be shimmed.

 

when i took the starter off in the begining ther were no shims, it's a regular size starter.

 

 

since that ones broken you might want to check for the upgraded starter and shim it. i'll pm you the link

 

That one is the big one. Get the smaller one next time

Your style on Left, LT1 "mini" on Right. The Mini works for almost all SBC as well and in our testing (me and buddies) torque-ier too.



Apparently you can use the Corvette one as well, which is apparently has much more torque.

 

well i already have the autozone lifetime warrenty starter. this will be number 4. i don't know what's wrong. i guess the next step would be ignition switch.

 

Since that starter is most likely a reman it was probably seized to begin with. I'm thinking the starter was the bad ground which caused your **** to melt.
If the postive wire was to touch the solenoid wire all it would do is engage the starter.

 

That may be true, but the ease of installing/removing that mini starter is worth it And it'll last longer.

 

well i got the new starter in and still the same. so i'm in the process of changing the igniton switch. i hope this helps.

 

I really think those old biggies need shims. Don't know what to tell you.

 

changed out he ignition switch and started right up. thanks for all the help!

 

so the ignition switch somehow went bad when originally changing out starters?
glad you got it fixed though!

 

Tis odd, but it's like my transmission. Buddy adjusted the kickdown (correctly mind you) and then my tranny went down hill from there. Took it in to a shop (very reputable place) and had a tech take it for a drive and he said it was pretty much gone and the kickdown as pretty much perfect, but that it was most likely a coincidence.