..but I’m not classing it as a breakdown because I was on my drive. The engine seems to have a habit of shaking bolts loose. It has happened with a couple of bolts that hold the bellhousing to the engine.
But twice now, the starter motor bolts have been shaken loose so the starter pops out of its hole. You can usually tell when it’s happening because the starter gets progressively louder over a period of days before it pops out completely. But this time it did it just the once. I’d been up to Toys R Us with my daughter to get a birthday present for someone and it got louder. Came home. Then later I was going out in it, and it popped out, and I was left with a loud grinding sound.
I need to get under there to tighten them up again, but it’s raining…
Note to self. Get some Loctite.
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