hell ya - update holmes.. everything going good?

 

Ok, it's after lunch, are you done yet or still playing around under the hood

 

Subscribing. Good luck, King.

 

So are these trucks already "shimmed" or what?

 

My last question of the day... My friend was telling me that I have to have the starter "shimmed" in order to avoid breaking the flywheel? What does this mean? Is it required?

 

You only have to shim it, if it's already shimmed.
There will be small, thin metal plates(shims) already there between the starter and the block. If they are there re-use them. If there is none, you're fine.

 

They pop out, a little force takes them out, just be careful to not loose any o-rings, or break them.

 

Well guys I was defeated today, I'll save my work for tomorrow. I got all the way up to the starter, right there in front of me and I couldn't conquer the two bolts that hold the starter in. Round 2 tomorrow...

 

I have that, I've unbolted everything but how the piss does it pop out?? lol

 

dont know if this will help much..Let me know if you want the next page..

 

I'M STICKING TO THE PLAN!!! I've been sweating my skin off in this 100 degree weather, I'm all the way down to trying to get these fuel injectors out! lol

 

Freon? Dude you need that down there, stick to the plan, lol, look over the pages of the manual for the removal of the intake manifold.

 

How do you get the fuel injectors out?!?!?!

 

Although I wrenched on the wrong bolt... dunno what I was thinking and my truck began spewing freon everywhere. :bangit: ARGH!!

 

Thank you my brothers... lmao everytime I say that I think of megatron when he's talking to the other decipticons. :lol:

I got my radiator out. :redblob"

Now I'm onto the Intake Manifold and I have more dirt on me than the truck does now. haha

 

In for pics...way to "deal" with the pain sir and handling up at the same time.. Great info in this thread for troubleshooting starting issues.

Props and GL KP....!

 

http://www.titantalk.com/forums/titan-faq-howto-area/83895-radiator-removal-lots-pics-step-step.html

I used this when i removed my RAD. I also removed the fan. Its only 3 10mm nuts. Just dont lose one :bangit:

 

King, the trans cooler is on front of the radiator, did you loosen that?

 

I already had all the hoses disconnected from Tuesday but then it started raining on me. I'm still snagging on something trying to pull the radiator up and its not the fan. I'll keep you guys updated while trying to snap pictures to try to put together a walkthrough on changing the starter.

 

Gentlemen... May the force be with me... the T is going into surgery. lol

 

gentlemen... May the force be with me... The t is going into surgery. Lol

good luck!

 

Damn 76 bucks, that is cheap King, let me know if you need anything else, but I am pretty sure you have everything you need to remove the intake with the manual. Just remember to check all those vacuum hoses and change them if you need to, last thing you need is a hose to break cause it is brittle.

 

If you do change out your starter, pics/write-up would be great. Good luck with it.

 

Already ahead of you Kyle, I figured it would be a great opportunity to do so. On top of that since I have to drain the coolant anyways I'm going to go ahead and replace my OEM radiator with the one I bought off of Bills1974 from the Old Town meet and replace all the hosing and etc. I ordered my starter from Amazon.com for I think $76 bucks today with three day shipping which was only another $20 bucks so that it will be here in time for Thursday and Friday(my days off) so I can hammer this out and put my T back on the road!

 

King check your PM.

 

That's true, the other day when I was working on it, I hooked up the iPhone to the stereo and was rockin out as I was trying to see where the starter was... my bumper makes for an awesome shelf/bar for my beers. :eyebrow:

 

Actually the one thing that has me angry is, why did the truck have to die in my cul de sac, where its right underneath the streetlight where the birds like to do their morning business which lands right onto my baby. Ah well... I don't see bird sh!et doing anything to bedliner. :lol:

 

Heck at least you'll have lights to work on the truck late or maybe it's meant so you can see the bird's poops at night.

 

Its all good guys, I'll get it fixed. I'm just really glad the Florida rain has been on my side we haven't had any rain since the truck quit on me so driving my motorcycle isn't an issue. I just need to find a thread somewhere that shows how to replace the starter, I don't even know where to begin to remove the intake manifold.

EDIT: Thanks so much everyone for the support especially nyc2005armada, you guys are all great! I'm not even really mad at the truck because it has been more than good to me and with a support group like Titantalk I have no fear I'll get it worked out. lol

 

right on nyc 2005 >>>> op i hope you get it worked out with minimum pocket expense sorry i couldnt help !