I own a 1989 ford bronco II. I've had it for years and worked fine. A while back I wasn't able to engage into first gear, go I replaced the manual transmission. After the tranny replacement, the starter was making a horible clacking/grinding noise for a few seconds upon start up. Drove it like this for a month or two before the first problem. A week ago I tried to start it and it made a sound like the starter was spinning but not engaging. I put the truck into nuetral and pushed it backwards a bit and slammed the gear shift into reverse. Did this twice before it actually started. Bought a new starter, which wound up being from an '89 ford escort (matched the one in the truck for years). The truck started, but still made the noise for a quick second, twice before starting the spinning sound again. I took the starter off an felt around the flywheel as much as my arm would reach, didn't find any teeth missing. what else could this be? do I replace the starter solenoid? Do I shim the starter? Please help.