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I could not find any guide for removing the starter from a 1.6L 1999 Nissan Sentra, Incl. Haynes and Chiltons. Remove the air box top, filter, MAF and duct. Remove the three screw/bolts from the bottom of the air box, and set the box aside. Disconnect the battery terminals and follow the negative cable to the bolt thru the bellhousing and into the starter. You just found the starter. Remove the bolt from the starter but leave it in the hole through the bell housing. Just to the right is an electrical connector, disconnect it from this side. It is the control line to the starter soleniod, which is mounted to the starter. Lift the car and put jack stands under the front on both sides (Remember to set the parking brake and chock the wheels). Remove the passenger side front tire and plastic shield allowing you to see along the back of the engine to the tranny. Loosen the support bar from the intake manifold to the frame below/behind the oil filter. You will now be able to get a socket with extension to the starter bolt. You can now see the starter and solenoid. Remove the positive battery cable from the solenoid stud. Remove the remaining bolt holding the starter in place. By wiggling the starter it can be removed without removing the oil filter, although that might make it easier. You can not remove this starter from above, you must raise the car and work from below. I removed the battery from the car while working under the hood, it only took about a minute and gave me alot more space. I did check the starter before disconnecting the battery by shorting accross the starter solenoid. If the starter had turned over the engine I would not have continued to remove it.
No need to raise the vehicle. the starter is located on top of the transmission just under the air intake pipe. It is not located on the engine as most are.
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Where is the starter on my 2001 Nissan Sentra?
I have removed the air intake and the battery and everything on that side - I still can't find the starter!
The starter is located pretty much right below the air intake hoses. if you take those out, you can get a 14mm socket to where the two bolts are. One of them is easy to see the other one is impossible to see from the top but you can feel around and find it without too much difficulty. An idiot proof way to find the starter is to follow the ground wire from the negative side of the battery to the starter. it grounds on one of the bolts that holds the starter in. This is not a very complicated procedure and requires no jacking up of the car.
The starter on 4th generation (1995-1999) Nissan Sentras is very easy
to locate and replace. It is a mostly-black cylinder, about 9 or 10"
long and 3" thick, that sits on the front center of the engine. It is
held on by 2 bolts, and has 2 wires connected. The 2 bolts come off
easily, one of the wires simply comes unplugged easily, and the other
has a small bolt holding it on.
Replacement may involve
removing a bracket that holds the throttle (gas pedal) in a certain
position, because there may not be enough room to work with that
bracket in place. Removing and replacing that bracket (which is held
onto the engine block by 2 bolts), does not affect the operation of the
car.
If this is the first time the starter is having
issues, replacement can be put off for a couple weeks by taking a small
hammer (or something similar) and hitting the starter. Don't hit it too
hard, but don't be too gentle. It might take several hits to get it to
work. This is only a temporary solution. The starter WILL have to be
replaced eventually.
rear motor driver side,easier to get from the bottom center of car,top bolt can be loosened easier from the top right next to the tranny where the motor bolts to the tranny,you might have take off the air box,and a couple of other vaccuum lines
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