First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... My shim story is that my 4 speed 389 setup in my bird had a huge stack of shims. When I replaced the flywheel I compared the OD of the ring gears on the old and new flywheel and the old one was about .040 bigger. The new flywheel didn't need any shims. Both flywheels were Hayes with the same part number. Go figure. Bob S. In a message dated 12/13/2008 9:31:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Paul, I had an insane number of shims after I rebuilt my engine and decided to put a new (rebuilt )starter on. Both starters looked identical, but the rebuilt one needed a zillion shims. I finally decided "this can't be right" and went back to the store and asked to see another one - once again it looked the same, but then we got out the calipers...sure enough the measurements were different, and even though the difference was small it made a world of difference in the geometry of the fit against the block/flexplate. Swapped out the starter - and I was back to zero shims. Seems like I always run into weird stuff like this - like last week when my wife's BMW sucked a bunch of water into the engine because BMW built a box around the power brake booster with a tiny drain hole...that got clogged with leaves...and then it rained...and the box filled up and imersed the booster in 8 inches of water....and the booster itself filled with water...and the vacuum line sucked water into the engine...aaggghh! But I digress... Later, Chris Blandino 67 Sprint Convertible - 455 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Zarychta" <[email protected]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:09 AM Subject: Re: [FGF] Starter Shims > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > Yes, I had to use a large number of shims on the starter when I went from > an > Auto to a Manual. It was rather insane the number of shims that i used. I > personally think that get thing the started shimmed correctly was the > hardest part of the whole swap! > Paul Z. > 68 350 Coupe > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> > FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
