[steve meltzer]

OK, I made an error in saying that the battery lead goes to VR. Of course it goes to the firewall mounted solenoid. With the starter at rest the pinion gear is proud to the flywheel, right? The starter is at the shop at the moment, so I don't have the pictures requested. But judging by the witness marks, it's really OK, so I don't really understand why the Powermaster guy wanted me to put in a shim between the starter and the block. I'm having a hard time visualizing this, but such a shim would move the pinion gear deeper into the flywheel's teeth, right? I do believe that the distance between the front of the backing/flex plate and the forward most part of the flywheel's teeth, is 0.6 inches, as I recall. s