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KJL · 10-07-2024

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Originally Posted by Young1

File the contacts to remove carbon deposits. I even use a die grinder stone on my battery drill to shine them up. The starters seem to require it at 30-40k miles of use.

Just hit 30. I also read where the battery terminal on starter must not be rotated. Apparently there is no mechanism to prevent this from happening when tightening the terminal nut so one must be aware of this when torquing. I have had the starter out of the car and don?t recall paying much attention to this when re-installing. Thought maybe if it wasn?t supposed to turn it wouldn?t but I give the GM engineers maybe too much credit.

Young1 · 10-07-2024

Different starter design than a SBC. Contact is L shaped. Yes I did rotate them on SBC back when young and broke in 70?s and 80?s. No longer young and no longer broke but yet fix stuff rather than replace it.

WVZR-1 · 10-08-2024

What is the OAL(Overall Length) of the thought to be correct plunger? Anyone have one 'in hand' that they can measure?

10-07-2024	#12
Young1 Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 896	Re: starter rebuild kit Different starter design than a SBC. Contact is L shaped. Yes I did rotate them on SBC back when young and broke in 70?s and 80?s. No longer young and no longer broke but yet fix stuff rather than replace it. __________________ Steve Young 1991 ZR-1 Quasar Blue Metallic/Black #729 Second Owner 1991 ZR-1 Dark Red Metallic/Black #2040 SOLD 1990 ZR-1 Dark Red Metallic/Saddle #1670 SOLD Double your happiness.....complain half as much.

10-08-2024	#13
WVZR-1 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,890	Re: starter rebuild kit What is the OAL(Overall Length) of the thought to be correct plunger? Anyone have one 'in hand' that they can measure?