I have rebuilt my engine and transmission on my 63, and everything was going ok until....
I replaced the flywheel with one from a 64 Galaxie, 390, CM trans. I had a little trouble putting the stock starter with the starter drive back in; it just seemed to be in a bind with the flywheel and would not work.
So I got a later model starter with a bendix on it and it went right in. When I started the car, it would make a little metal-on-metal noise, but started and ran fine.
After a few drives, however, the starter would get too hot (I have FPA headers and the starter is way close) and not work untill it cooled down.
So I got a gear reduction starter and a heat shield. When I went to replace the starter, I noticed all the teeth on my formerly pristine flywheel were ground down.
I then assumed I put the flywheel in improperly-backwards, or perhaps covered the converter drain plugs-causing the flywheel to be warped.
Well, I now have the car on a lift, and I am about to drop the trans to replace the flywheel....but it sure seems to be in correctly. It is facing the right way, the drain plugs are in the holes, etc.
The shop manual is not much help; My question is-does the bolt ring go between the crank and the flywheel? This does not seem correct. I have it on the outside with the flywheel bolted to the crank.
ANY help here would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
I replaced the flywheel with one from a 64 Galaxie, 390, CM trans. I had a little trouble putting the stock starter with the starter drive back in; it just seemed to be in a bind with the flywheel and would not work.
So I got a later model starter with a bendix on it and it went right in. When I started the car, it would make a little metal-on-metal noise, but started and ran fine.
After a few drives, however, the starter would get too hot (I have FPA headers and the starter is way close) and not work untill it cooled down.
So I got a gear reduction starter and a heat shield. When I went to replace the starter, I noticed all the teeth on my formerly pristine flywheel were ground down.
I then assumed I put the flywheel in improperly-backwards, or perhaps covered the converter drain plugs-causing the flywheel to be warped.
Well, I now have the car on a lift, and I am about to drop the trans to replace the flywheel....but it sure seems to be in correctly. It is facing the right way, the drain plugs are in the holes, etc.
The shop manual is not much help; My question is-does the bolt ring go between the crank and the flywheel? This does not seem correct. I have it on the outside with the flywheel bolted to the crank.
ANY help here would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
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