hey I had that problem once and all it was was the bolt that holds it to the belt housing was loose and the starter was arcing on something. It took me forever to figure that out and at first I was in the middle of a lake of mud that was like 2ft deep. going too fast thru the first time and accidentaly got water in the carb. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> anyway finger tightened to get the truck started and out of the puddle and then after i had another go at the mud I took it home, rinsed it off and tightened her back up. 15000 miles later and still no problems with the same starter. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />