not sure if this is a good place for this question. but here i go.
so i have been working on a 78 firebird thats been outside not running for about 8 years or so, and ive come across a problem that i cannot fix on my own. i got it to start a few times but after a couple times the starter will not engage the engine. ive taken the starter to 3 diff parts shops and they all tell me its a good strong starter, i can hear the starter whirring when i turn it over. but its doing just that, just spinning away. any advice on what to do, i tried to put some shims in but no amount of shims seems to change it. on a side not i noticed when i put the starter in that last full turn of the bolts seems to pull it away from the flywheel.????
so i have been working on a 78 firebird thats been outside not running for about 8 years or so, and ive come across a problem that i cannot fix on my own. i got it to start a few times but after a couple times the starter will not engage the engine. ive taken the starter to 3 diff parts shops and they all tell me its a good strong starter, i can hear the starter whirring when i turn it over. but its doing just that, just spinning away. any advice on what to do, i tried to put some shims in but no amount of shims seems to change it. on a side not i noticed when i put the starter in that last full turn of the bolts seems to pull it away from the flywheel.????