DIY... STARTER MOTOR REPLACEMENT

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DIY... STARTER MOTOR REPLACEMENT

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You will need the following

Starter motor to replace with
14mm socket/spanner
12mm socket/spanner

1. First disconnect battery, this is a must even if like me with most wiring jobs you usually dont, failure to do this will result in a very unhappy car and owner :!: :!: :!:

2. Jack up car both sides of the front and put axle stands underneath remember safety first people :!:

3. Locate starter motor ( inbetween front crossmember and downpipe) and disconnect both wires the positive should have a red rubber cover like your battery + one, to undo this it should be a 12mm nut undo and remove wire. Then above that there should be another wire which should just unclip. (your new starter should be earthed to itself)

4. To remove the starter on the downpipe side of the crossmember at the rear of the starter there will be a 14mm bolt undo and remove completely. Then on the gearbox side of the crossmember there will be another 14mm bolt which is longer undo a remove completely, now the starter can be taken out.

5. For those of you with sandwich plate adapters for oil pressure/temp sendors you may need to remove these as I did to get starter out, I also had to remove downpipe heat shields which you may or may not have to do as not all are the same but then unit should just jiggle out with a bit of manouvering :)

6. Give area a clean up (it may be very oily)

7. Reassemble by doing opposite of above procedure reconnect battery and it should start like a dream, mine was better than ever has been :D



I appologise for no pics but was in hurry to get do as had to get car going for work next morning.
This is however a ver simple job and should only take even a novice about an hour to replace :D
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Have I got the correct '2nd Bolt'?

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win :cheers:
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Cheers bud! That's the f*&ker that broke my socket rachet... Time to go buy a decent tool and take my revenge.
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Grue wrote:Cheers bud! That's the f*&ker that broke my socket rachet... Time to go buy a decent tool and take my revenge.
Don't have 'too much' revenge, I cross threaded mine (bolt #2 in the pics) and had to do a hodge podge drill and new nut/bolt combo :facepalm:
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Nice 8)

Moved into DIY. Tim, you should have access to post new threads in here now, or at least be able to move threads in here.
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Yeah actually I forgot I even did this DIY was soooo long ago :roll:
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Oh woops, I didn't even see the original post date :oops:
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SHE'S ALIVE! ALIVE! MU HA HA HA!

For those with UAS Extractors, this is a right bugger to do... Not enough room to remove it!

You need to remove the starter motor end shield (2 nuts, 12mm), AND the top bolt (12mm) where she shield attaches to in order to let it drop out past the extractor pipe. Pretty damn fiddly, and 90% of it is by feel as you can't see what you're doing up behind the pipe. Socket screw driver, or small socket wrench with long bar is invaluble.

Still, job done. And feel 10x better than paying someone to do it. Took an hour after all the fiddly bits. If the USA extractors had been 2mm to the left, it'd have been a 20min job.
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Grue wrote:SHE'S ALIVE! ALIVE! MU HA HA HA!

For those with UAS Extractors, this is a right bugger to do... Not enough room to remove it!

You need to remove the starter motor end shield (2 nuts, 12mm), AND the top bolt (12mm) where she shield attaches to in order to let it drop out past the extractor pipe. Pretty damn fiddly, and 90% of it is by feel as you can't see what you're doing up behind the pipe. Socket screw driver, or small socket wrench with long bar is invaluble.

Still, job done. And feel 10x better than paying someone to do it. Took an hour after all the fiddly bits. If the USA extractors had been 2mm to the left, it'd have been a 20min job.
Dude, I hope you were using axle stands under that car......especially if you are using those cheap ass scissor jacks. My mate nearly died after a car fell on him.

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