Cuong Nguyen Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 attach bellhousing to can I start a car without the transmission or do I just need the bell housing to attach the starter Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N920A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 Not sure what happened with that post. I was trying to confirm if all I needed was to just attach the transmission bellhousing so I could attach the starter to start the motor. I am trying to see if the motor works before investing in a new transmission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Starter bolts to the engine block and not the bellhousing. Without the transmission, nothing will prevent the engine from rocking front to back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Why not, there is a video on here of a guy starting a diesel terrano like that, doesn't seem to rock much at all. I assume you just want to hear it run? I have seen people start motors (Briefly) on wood pallets before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I'm sure the motor mounts won't be too happy without the triangulating mount, if you just need to make sure it doesn't knock, go for it, I wouldn't rev it too hard but it's not going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Finally had time to get under the truck and look. There is a engine to transmission stiffener/gusset that the starter goes through. Then the starter bolts bolts through the rear of the bellhousing and threads into the starter. It may work with just shorter bolts to secure the starter to the stiffener bracket but leaves the two bolts taking that secure the bracket to engine block to take all the load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I'm sure it will be fine. You're only doing it once, they're fairly large bolts that go into the block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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