I just watched Don Steger replace a starter on Saturday. I wasn't paying very close attention, but I noticed that he took the oil filter off, probably to make a little more room. -Christian On Tue, 4 May 2004 Soma576@xxxxxxx wrote: > In a message dated 5/4/04 9:56:03 AM Central Daylight Time, nickbrom@xxxxxxx > writes: > > > > Hi Group, > > > > Looks like I need to do a starter replacement, never done one on the > > car before. Any special tips or tricks? Just a quick check before I > > run into an unforseen problem. > > > > Nick > > Nick, > > not much to it. there's only three bolts that hold it to the bellhousing. > make sure you disconnect the battery before attempting anything down there. > careful - the starter is pretty heavy (as heavy as it looks, in fact). it's > actually quite hard to mess up this job... replace the starter solenoid while you > are at it. they aren't as good as the starter itself. you may want to try to > get your starter rebuilt instead of a direct replacement. that's what i did. > > Andy > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/