i have an 82 chevy with a 6.2 diesel. I went to replace the started and the bolt holes were drilled out by the previous owner. any suggestions on what to do with it? I don't know if i should leave it or not.

 

will the bolts fit the new starter if not i would guess the last owner had some problems with old starter and went to bigger size bolt and you may have drill new stater to fix. I know these starter have given some problems with bolts breaking and stripping out if you don't have front bracket and also when putting new starter in replaces the bolts and torque bolts to 40 ft. lbs.

Let us know how make out

 

another problem I came across was when i tried putting the starter back on with the bigger bolts they wouldn't thread. I wasn't sure what the best thing to do was.

 

are they the bolts you pull out old starter or did try putting bigger ones in

These are part #er for boltes

OEM (starter bolt): 15544950

Advance Auto (starter bolt): 72181

 

they are the bolts i pulled out of the starter when i was replacing it

 

and now you are saying they won't fit the threads

 

they fit into the starter but wont thread into the flywheel housing, i dont want mess with the housing and end up messing up the holes more than they already are.

 

ok let see got this right you are saying the new starter you got has bigger holes if that so it may be the wrong starter


Sorry if am miss under standing you i been up all night just tired so bear with me help you best i can

 

i had the cone from the old starter put on the new starter. its the right one the bolts fit the starter fine but wont thread into the flywheel housing at all. the holes arent stripped out and its the same bolts i took out from the old starter. so im thinking the flywheel housing is messed up but i didnt want to retap the holes and mess it up worse.

 

check make sure the bolts ain't bent
do bolts thread in with out starter