The starter is located on the bottom at the front of the engine. Quite small compared to older
cars. You will find some of the attaching hardware to be SAE sizes and some are Metric.
First you will need to raise the
car
and put safety stands under it to prevent any possibility of falling.
Also you must chock the rear wheels to keep the car from rolling and
coming off the jack stands while up in the air. The car will want to
roll when you are reefing on the bolts.
- Disconnect the battery cables at the battery.
- Disconnect the two wires to the starter.
- The larger wire runs through a standoff above the starter. It makes
the job easier if you will remove the bolt holding the standoff to the engine block. This allows you to move the large wire out of your way.
- Remove the two bolts holding the starter onto the flywheel housing.
One bolt is easy to get at as it is visible on the front but the second
one is hidden up behind the starter.
NOTE: Starter bolts are 13mm. Brakeline bracket bolt is 15mm.
- Do the opposite to install.
While you have the starter off you have exposed the gear teeth on the
edge of the flywheel. You should inspect the teeth as your problem
could be these teeth and not the starter. Use a crayon or chalk to put a
mark on the flywheel so you will know when you have turned it
completely around. You can use a large screwdriver or some other
tool to pry on these teeth and rotate the flywheel around, one complete revolution
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