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Update.. got my starter back fully rebuilt with new brushes, starter gear and solenoid. Manufactured my own bracket out of a piece of box tube. Got all new bolts, reinstalled and it fires right up.

I agree completely, seeing what happened to my truck. All of this could have been avoided if the previous owner was privy to the correct starter mounting procedure. Today I rotated the engine over by hand (which is easier than I expected) to see the flexplate spinning. Mine is only slightly...

Is this where the starter bracket (that i’m missing) mounts to? it’s the only threaded hole on the block i can find near the two starter mounting holes are. Second question, is this a trustworthy starter bracket?

Update…got the starter out. One of the two solenoid screws were missing, Starter screws were mismatched, flywheel teeth got jacked up, and the cables coming from the batteries were really not lookin hot. On top of that, there was no nose bracket to stabilize the starter. Does anyone have a pic...

I’m gonna pull it tonight after work. I’ll post some pictures to see what I’m workin with. I thought I read in the starter FAQs that the gear reduction starters don’t need shims? I am pretty certain that the nose bracket was never there and that’s probably why all this happened… I’ll order one...

Thanks for the quick reply. Any tips and tricks on removal? Isn’t it only two big bolts?

Hey folks, new member here. I’ve had my CUCV for about half a year and had no problems up until now—starting really badly or not at all, and those two housing screws were loose. Tightened them up expecting it to fire up but now it sounds even worse when I crank. I am just checking to see if I...