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Got the proper Delco parts installed, meaning the starter was yet again removed, taken apart and put back together. I feel much better now knowing all is right. Truck starts much better too, I had noticed an overall degradation in starting quality, sometimes taking 3-4 seconds to catch...

There are things which provoke war, then there are those that guarantee it. I prefer to live in a peaceful house, even if that requires slight warping of reality. Borrowing a starter off of T's is inviting world war. Even considering all the work+money I have spent on it.

It WORKS. The circlip was fashioned from 1/16" ER70S2 weld filler that was bent, cut and finished to diameter, then quenched to near spring temper ( at 0.35% carbon, it barely quenches to knife hard). The washer was fabbed from 1030 carbon steel. Only needed utility power but could have used...

THANKS!!!! Root cause analysis is a missing retainer circlip holding the bendix gear and overrunning clutch onto the shaft. This caused the bendix gear to crash into the nose piece, overstressing it. It only took 100 psi of argon, a few kW-h of electricity and two 4043 filler rods to fix...

Got it cleaned, burrs removed from the bendix and nose shaft, commutator turned and the nose piece welded this morning. Bench tested and it looks fine, at 12 volts. I checked field windings for short to ground, all is good there. Also no rotor shorts with proper continuity. I will order a...

Yes, starter was properly installed with tail bracket. Where does one get nose cones for $20?

Yes, it happened. That is why I had the starter hang-on. This time, it caused a little overheating of the starter, took me 45 seconds to pull batteries. But the heat was from friction, not resistance so the windings in the field and rotor look fine. Just a bit of steel wear, not an issue...