can you describe the sound a little better.

Have a friend start it with you lying under it to pinpoint the location of the sound, make sure to stay away from moving parts and don't get run over.

 

What do you mean the right rear fender is missing. fenders are in the front. Let me know what you mean. I may have one. If you're too far go to the junk yard.

 

Not fender I meant he wheel flare. I found one i have to see if I can get it on.

As far as the flywheel or starter goes I don't know if I am handy enough to tackle that job by myself. I have just started working on cars and am limited to oil changes, brakes, rotors, tranny fluid, and some minor electrical. If i have to get it fixed at a shop any idea how much something like that might cost. I know the starter shouldn't be too bad but if it is the flywheel how much would that cost?

Also, the sound on start up is like its trying to catch and ti doesn't always right away if I hold the key in the ignition spot it will though. Also, sometimes when accelerating I get the same grinding sound. It is not all the time in either case.

 

it's not that bad, you've got one of the easiest vehicles there is to work on. Pulling off a dust cover and turning it while watching the teeth is pretty simple too. Then you'll know if you gotta drop the transfer case and tranny to get to it or not.

 

A flywheel is weighted in order to smooth power transfer in manual trans applications by providing some inertia when the engine is at low rpm and not making a lot of torque. The fluid in the automatic transmission does this job (the torque converter) so you don't need mass (weight). God only knows why it's called a flexplate or a flywheel but there must be some good reason.

 

starter selinoid could be going bad an not fully backing out
simple fix