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So many experts, so many know it alls, Who'd have thunk?
Pretty hard to trouble shoot when the crew on here-isn't there. And photos are just that photos.
but I suppose there's only one way to wire a house.
So many experts, so many know it alls, Who'd have thunk?
That would have been fun in the field.
The offending bolts, holes appear ok but will try a new bolt in them, lock washers appear little to no spring left, no apparent starter shift scuffing on housing or starter head.
And the cracked motor mount cushion.
View attachment 249104Not quite to the Shanks but enough the bolt holes are loaded with the stuff.
I looked at some C15 engines and they all seem to use 1.75 inch long 12 point head 5/8 bolts and I also noted that none show washers of any kind. No locks and not even harden flats.Hard to tell from picture but those bolts look a bit short assuming this engine has a standard 42 MT starter.
Wow! Seems simple now! So many experts, so many know it alls, Who'd have thunk? I feel like plastigauge would have shown a bad fit.
I've been throwing lock washers away for more than thirty years. If I have to have a washer, it is a flat hard washer.
I got a kick out of how Cat engines were assembled. The older ones had just about every internal fastener with the steel locks where you bent them up after tightening the nut or bolt. Then after a few years they stopped using them even on identical models of engines that had been built with dozens of them.I've been throwing lock washers away for more than thirty years. If I have to have a washer, it is a flat hard washer.
Do you remember drilled bolt heads and the tie wire? Glad I never bought one of those “special” pliers for that.
Do you remember drilled bolt heads and the tie wire? Glad I never bought one of those “special” pliers for that.
Anyone who has raced motorcycles in competition will be intimately familiar with lock wire and the “special” pliers that were the fastest way to install it. Every fastener and even things like handlebar grips and R clips had to be lockwired.Do you remember drilled bolt heads and the tie wire? Glad I never bought one of those “special” pliers for that.