New from Charlotte,NC

[Eric Sprouse]

My 1987 Silverado has over heated the solenoid since I had the Hooker ceramic headers installed. I have to wait for it to cool down before it will start. I contacted JEGS. I got my headers there. They said the starter insulated wrap would fix it. It did not. I don't want to remove the headers but this never happened before. I can't have this dependability. What should I try next ?

 

[animal]

Lot's of folks will fab up a heat shield or switch to a newer "mini" starter from a newer truck to give more space between the headers and starter.

 

[WFO]

Welcome from the Texas Panhandle.

I prefer a starter heat shield. The wrap might hold moisture, and cause rust.
I made one from 18ga galvanized, and never had any more problems. Aftermarket ones can be bought too.

 

[Charlie]

 

[Frankenchevy]

Factory minis came with a heat shield for the solenoid. Two birds, one stone.

 

[Old77]

 

[Smokey T]

I didnt know about factory minis till FrankinChevy mentioned it and with a heatshield!!
I bought a proform mini. A LIL on the expensive side and Im having a few issues with shimming it as per instructions. Its like russian roulette with the grind 10 good starts grinddddd.
Flywheel is in good cindition and starter pinion is already taking a hit. Other than that the aftermarket mini works well with my heddman headers and restarts and I live in the southwest desert.
Next time Im looking into the favtory mini though.

 

[HotRodPC]

Proform may have not been the way to go either. A starter off of a 96 and up 350 Vortec from a junk yard probably would have done the trick. Proform is China made stuff and doesn't always come with good fitament.

 

[1973c10]

 

[Pops]

Welcome!

 

[bucket]

Howdy!

One other thing to mention, the new headers might have just made it more obvious that the existing starter is failing.

 

[donnieray]

Welcome from Eastern NC! The factory mini is the way to go.