An interesting possibility. The same thing happened on my Ford pick-up.
Fortunately, I was able to retrieve it without disassembly. There is a bit more
room around a 300/6 in an F-150 than our R16/U20's. :^)
Best regards,
Fred Schroeder
'70 2000
SRL311-13359
TDROC
John F Sandhoff wrote:
> Warning: Roadster content follows :-)
>
> Remember a couple weeks ago, there was discussion about a PO that
> drilled a big hole in the bellhousing? Well, I suspect I now know why!
>
> My starter went out on Friday. (I'm getting darn good at swapping them, and
> on a late car with headers and the 2L shorty I can have it out in minutes.
>I'll
> take pictures and post a 'how-to' soon). Anyways, I swapped in another unit
> Saturday and was back on the road - or so I thought. Sunday while running
> errands we stopped at one place and couldn't get going again. A strange
> half-click, half-clunk, half-grind. Good thing my son was with me, a good hard
> push and we were running again.
>
> Back home, I yank the starter and find THE NOSEPIECE MISSING. Just
> had the tip of the armature shaft kinda hanging there! ARGGH! So now I
> had a chunk of cast aluminum waiting to chuck itself into the clutch
> assembly! The question: How to get it out?!!
>
> I tried fishing it out from the starter hole but no way could I even get a
> look-see (using a fiberscope no less), let alone figure out how to snag it.
> Boy, did I think about drilling my own 'inspection hole'!
>
> So that's what I surmise happened - the other guy lost a chunk of something
> or other - his starter detonated too, or he dropped a bolt or a wrench or his
> pet Chihuahua down there, and needed to get it out. Boy, a hole in the
> bellhousing sure would have been NICE! Maybe at the next clutch job
> I'll cut the block cover plate so the lower portion can be unbolted and
> removed!
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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Best regards,
Fred Schroeder
'70 2000
SRL311-13359
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