im making this way more difficult than it should be, but this a picture of my starter... wanting to remove it.... ive taken one bolt out on the right and im wondering if the bolt on the bottom left is the other one??? im hoping not cause i cant get to without taking off the headers...atleast i dont think. am i on the right track or are there other bolts that i should be messing with. thanks for the help
I'm at a loss here. That IS the bolt you need to remove, but why have you not tried removing it?? There is a possibility of a third bolt holding the front of the starter as a brace, so you need to check there, too. However, I still don't understand. Obviously the bolt you removed holds the same piece that the bolt you don't want to remove goes through. Perhaps you should ask around your circle of friends if there isn't someone who could walk you through this, as you seem a little green at this whole mechanical thing. Cosmo
maybe use a box end wrench, and take the bolt loose (it should unscrew about 3/4 of an inch), then leave the bolt resting in it's hole in the the starter as you take the starter out.
oh yeah...DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FROM THE BATTERY before you do anything else, if you haven't done so already
done! i"ll be the first to admit im GREEN, but not retarded. ha ha. thanks for all your help squirrel!!!! im off to get a new box wrench. thanks for all the help guys!!! larry
Yup, headers will cause fits for installing or removing stock style starters. I've got the problem with my Chevelle, and next time I have to replace a starter, I've got a new mini-starter on the shelf. I had to take headers off to get starter up there when I built the car. Good luck, and, like Squirrel said, disconnect the battery or you are in for a suprise.
you have been given good advice.the only thing i can add is that those starters are HEAVY...be prepared for it when the last bolt comes out , or it will go CRASH don't have your face in the way
I thought that's why we put headers on them, to catch the starter? or was it to cook the starter so we have to change it more often?
Actually that is really good advice, I've had my face in the way more than once. Sometimes the simple chit gets past me.DOH. AlleyCat, Don't let 'em get to you. We all had to learn at some point. part of my learning experience involved picking up a '55 ford with a pair of bumper jacks. I was pinned for more than an hour, then when Mom got home she walked across the street to get the local speed shop owner to help get me out. he laughed real hard at me when he figured out all I was, was a little bruised then handed me pair of ford axle bells made into jack stands and said these are yours now. but he didn't tell me how to use them, fortunately I had seen some before. Oh and removeing extra stuff to get to the offending part, that's hot rodding friend.
I wasn't trying to be sarcastic (sorry if it came off that way)... I meant it. The last thing someone wants is a heavy starter coming down on them. I have a car that has headers that need to be taken off to change the starter, so I feel for ya. It's a pain. I switched to a mini starter and that helped alot. Alot easier to lift and hold in place since it's way lighter.
"Heavy starter" just made me recall the Jaguar starter I changed a while back...damn thing was the same size and weight as my Honda CB750...the whole BIKE, not just the engine... Cosmo
well thanks agin for everyone who had a hand in walking me through my project!! thats why i keep coming back. my regular go to guy is Jabber(hamb name) but he wrench's all day long and its hard to get him on the phone during the day! his wife tina has been a great help as well. but i did it all by little self with help from ya'll and my face did not smash in and squirel was dead on right with the box wrench !! it fit right in there!! shes up and running and im back to pissin off the neibhors. thanks again for all who cared hugs and kisses!!! larry
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