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The starter might be incorrectly assembled. Or incorrectly adjusted. The pinion should nearly touch the inside of the nose cone bushing when the Bendix is at full pull travel. Other thing would be the Bendix solenoid could be faulty. There are two windings, the pull in and the hold. If it...

It is cast aluminum. It can be welded. I did mine some 6 years ago. Still chooching perfectly. What happened was someone forgot to install the pinion retainer and it beat the nose to death. I tacked the fracture, then vee grooved both sides to get skookum penetration. 4043 filler, GTAW...

Shims on starter to block increase pinion to ring gear clearance and are usually not needed. This clearance is checked by disconnecting the big fat wire to the starter (24 volt on stock CUCV) and putting 24 volts to the small terminal on the starter. This engages the Bendix without turning the...

Looks correct, the pinion slides on the starter shaft by action of the Bendix solenoid mounted on the top of the starter. After the pinion gear meshes with the ring gear, the contactor section of the Bendix then energizes the starter motor. No click under the hood means no Bendix solenoid...