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rusted · 06-23-2018, 08:15 PM

I helped a friend finish putting an engine in his car. the starter would not turn the engine over. I pulled him with his tractor and he popped the clutch. Worse sound I ever heard from a model A engine. we were taking the engine back out when he set the starter bolts on the bench and noticed that one was shorter than the other two. He looked at the flywheel and could see where the bolt was hitting on it. maybe he had the wrong bolts to start with but one of the three was shorter than the other two. Put the shorter one in where it is by the flywheel and the starter worked fine. I am just saying this just in case someone puts the wrong length bolt in that spot. A lot easer to check that than pull the pan for no reason.

06-23-2018, 08:15 PM	#31
rusted Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 88	Re: Chasing my tail trying to get 1928 tudor running I helped a friend finish putting an engine in his car. the starter would not turn the engine over. I pulled him with his tractor and he popped the clutch. Worse sound I ever heard from a model A engine. we were taking the engine back out when he set the starter bolts on the bench and noticed that one was shorter than the other two. He looked at the flywheel and could see where the bolt was hitting on it. maybe he had the wrong bolts to start with but one of the three was shorter than the other two. Put the shorter one in where it is by the flywheel and the starter worked fine. I am just saying this just in case someone puts the wrong length bolt in that spot. A lot easer to check that than pull the pan for no reason.