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The part number through Herbert for the one I see is 356000.
I run into the same thing with the starter bolts. It is the mud and water. I put new bolts in at the beginning of the year since they are cheap enough. I use a well worn tap to clean the holes out in the block. A new tap would take to much metal out.
Do you run the inspection cover on the bottom of the trans? I used to use one with a ton of silicone to try to seal every place I thought mud could get into. Never worked for me. Now I don't use the cover, it seems to let the mud spin out of there and not cause as much trouble. Also if it does clog the starter I can easily rinse it out without removing it. You know, like when it is your turn to run and all you here is click click.
I have been lucky enough to only have to buy one starter a year for awhile now. I install a new one at the begining of the season,and clean and lube last years for a spare. I'm sure I just ruined that by talking about it.
Another thing I learned years ago, if you stall in the pit just let them pull you out. If you try to crank it buried in the mud, bad things happen to the starter.

<font color=purple>I didn't have an inspection cover when I first put this together & it seemed to do exactly as you said, so when I got one, I never bothered to put it on. And I run the standard-trans starters with the larger opening since it's so tough to clean out the auto-trans ones. I too just let them pull me out if I get stuck w/o cranking the engine. Haven't had any trouble with mud packing in the exhaust so far. My pipes are kind of protected by the T-case cross member. Some of the guys run a big rubber mat under their trucks. Looks really cheesy, but they claim it works to keep mud out of the starter. Not sure I'm ready to try that though.</font color=purple>

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