replacing the starter

itzz kolby · 07-12-2008, 08:46 PM

Hello,

i have a 89 need to replace the starter but i dont want to take off anything unnecessary so what all do i have to take off?

Bill UK · 07-12-2008, 10:08 PM

Disconnect the battery first, you will need to pull the engine with the gearbox, drop the prop and exhaust and remove all the wheels and petrol tank. Pull off the small wire going to the starter which is a spade connector having a brown plastic cover, remove the main thicker cable to the starter which is bolted on. Crawl underneath and remove one of the two fixing nuts, the other nut can be accessed from the engine bay. Ignore the instructions in blue, on the other hand you’ll properly had wished you had pulled the engine out by the time you had finished. Why are you removing the starter may I ask.?

itzz kolby · 07-12-2008, 11:53 PM

Because the car doesn't start. It was off and on starting and would start if roll started sometimes. then it just stopped all together.

supramacist · 07-13-2008, 04:39 AM

The starter really sucks. But once you get it down it's a 45 minute gig on a bad day.

14mm and an arseload of extentions. You'll be fine.
Use a small 3/8ths wratchet on the top bolt.

However I do remove the large part of the air intake when I do mine but I keep those seals on hand.

mrnickleye · 07-18-2008, 10:42 PM

Bill UK.......

In the photo, why oh why, didn't you clean the trans to a beatiful shiny aluminum ???????

batmmannn · 05-09-2010, 12:21 AM

Exactly which angle did you come in to get that top bolt and what did you use and how did you get the damn wrench on it? I can't do Squat with this I can barely get my arm in from the top and touch the head of that damn bolt with a finger. I need help here! Is there a step by step guide somewhere this SUCKS!

07-12-2008, 08:46 PM	#1
itzz kolby Stock Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: KG VA Posts: 2	replacing the starter Hello, i have a 89 need to replace the starter but i dont want to take off anything unnecessary so what all do i have to take off?

07-18-2008, 10:42 PM	#5
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	Bill UK....... In the photo, why oh why, didn't you clean the trans to a beatiful shiny aluminum ??????? __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.

05-09-2010, 12:21 AM	#6
batmmannn 12psi boost Join Date: May 2010 Location: West Virginia Posts: 320	Confusing Exactly which angle did you come in to get that top bolt and what did you use and how did you get the damn wrench on it? I can't do Squat with this I can barely get my arm in from the top and touch the head of that damn bolt with a finger. I need help here! Is there a step by step guide somewhere this SUCKS!

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07-12-2008, 10:08 PM	#2
Bill UK AEM EMS Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 891	Disconnect the battery first, you will need to pull the engine with the gearbox, drop the prop and exhaust and remove all the wheels and petrol tank. Pull off the small wire going to the starter which is a spade connector having a brown plastic cover, remove the main thicker cable to the starter which is bolted on. Crawl underneath and remove one of the two fixing nuts, the other nut can be accessed from the engine bay. Ignore the instructions in blue, on the other hand you’ll properly had wished you had pulled the engine out by the time you had finished. Why are you removing the starter may I ask.?

07-12-2008, 11:53 PM	#3
itzz kolby Stock Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: KG VA Posts: 2	Because the car doesn't start. It was off and on starting and would start if roll started sometimes. then it just stopped all together.

07-13-2008, 04:39 AM	#4
supramacist 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Escape from the Prison Planet Posts: 1,356	The starter really sucks. But once you get it down it's a 45 minute gig on a bad day. 14mm and an arseload of extentions. You'll be fine. Use a small 3/8ths wratchet on the top bolt. However I do remove the large part of the air intake when I do mine but I keep those seals on hand.