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Road Warrior
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Hey all, I just installed an new all ***** starter but can't figure out how to mount it to tranny w/the old mount.Went to the local hardware to purchase longer than 4" m5 bolts but nobody has them.I was gonna fab up a cross bracket to mount to the old one.Any suggestions?
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Fastenal has a few locations on Long Island. You can order all sorts of fasteners via their website (or go to their store) and pickup your fastener.
https://www.fastenal.com/home
https://www.fastenal.com/home
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I thought I read somewhere that when you run one of those all ***** starters you should use heavier duty battery cables. Did you install larger cables?
For longer bolts, try McMaster Carr online. If they don't have it , you don't need it.
carl
For longer bolts, try McMaster Carr online. If they don't have it , you don't need it.
carl
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Road Warrior
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Hey doc, did you leave the tranny mount bracket out? I was gonna fab something to mate the bracket to.To give it support on the back end.Im waiting for the hardware from Fastenal.
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Yeah, I left it off. That's what I said, above. I remember now that it didn't fit on the new one, so I left it off. The new starter is smaller than the old one anyway. No problems without that bracket.
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ok, thanks for getting back
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Don. Are you talking about the bolts that attach the starter motor to the starter housing? What is the original motor, Hitachi? and what are the old bolts 12-24? What are the new bolts size.. I'm trying to get an idea without pics. I had to modify my starter on my shovel that was a Hitachi but went with a Prestolite. There Prestolite had has different mounting bolts than the Hitachi.