2011 has not been good to me so far!

[beastie_3]

Yup lol I've gotten half of the tickets I've every gotten in just the past few months its crazy. Maybe if I start driving like an idiot and having obnoxious loud vehicles they will leave me alone!?

or not speed...

[screamin86]

Well the two speeding tickets I will agree I was kinda zoning out but neither one was I in a hurry or speeding on purpose the first one I came down a hill and never thought to ease on the brakes like normal for some reason. Oh well was I see it things happen ill just be more aware next time.

[Stewart G Griffin]

Stewart, what's that about a starter bolt hole?

Well, maybe i'm hallucinating, but i am pretty positive our friend screaming mentioned something about a starter bolt hole being not right and the entire drivetrain was going to removed because of it.  The thread has "mysteriously" vanished.  And, perhaps the decision to remove the entire drivetrain may be premature especially in light of all the other recent problems encountered--i.e., tickets etc.

[slammed79]

I used to donate to local pd's and get supporter stickers, that got me left alone.

[gto109]

i sorta had a year like that 2 diffrent times.  back in 01, hit a black bear with a freightliner fld,  a few months later the breaks gave out on that fld (got fired for that one), a few months later i was driving along around 50mph and some older guy pulled out in front of me, totaled my mothers car.  now when i was 19 i had testicular cancer, had surgery to remove things,  was home on leave from the Air Force healing up and going somewhere with my best friend and a drunk driver slamed the side of his lifted toyota and rolled us over.  i broke my back in that one.  called the VA hospital in Altoona, Pa.  got checked by them called my the Sgt i reported to and he took it from there.  a couple of days later i found out that once i was able to fly i was to report to base and sign the paper to be discharged.  that was in 97.

[screamin86]

Stewart, what's that about a starter bolt hole?

Well, maybe i'm hallucinating, but i am pretty positive our friend screaming mentioned something about a starter bolt hole being not right and the entire drivetrain was going to removed because of it.  The thread has "mysteriously" vanished.  And, perhaps the decision to remove the entire drivetrain may be premature especially in light of all the other recent problems encountered--i.e., tickets etc.

The plan is to still pul just the motor here in the next few months but I'm holding off till I get my swap running in my other car. I pulled the truck in my back yard sunday to get it outa the way till I can work on it. Once my 5.3 is off the stand I can put the motor from the truck on it to fix the starter bolt hole.

[Stewart G Griffin]

1) And what is wrong with the starter bolt hole?

2) Why, in your opinion, did the post vanish?

[screamin86]

1. this is whats wrong with the hole its not allowing the knurled part of the bolt to fight tight causing the starter to more around on me.



2. what post areyou talking about?

[Stewart G Griffin]

1) i.c.

2) Oh that's good---real good.  i guess i made a mistake and there was no post.

[screamin86]

I did have another thread about that but haven't been back to it.

[Stewart G Griffin]

Where is this post?

[screamin86]

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=18365.0

[Stewart G Griffin]

Ok, i get it----saw the other post/explanation.

So, back to the starter bolt.  How the heck did this happen?   Overtightening?