Before I put my car up on axle standards tonight...

[wardtimothy]

.....any hints on taking off the starter motor? Is it just a bolt off job?

It wouldnt start this morning and I had the battery tested on Frdiay so I think it just needs a bit of a clean up.

Cheers
Tim

 

[DavidL]

Tim,
Fairly straightforward, just don't forget to disconnect the battery. I tend to do both sides for the starter motor just to be on the safe side.

It sits under the gearlever (ish) so it needs to be a decent height off the ground. Then 2 18mm (I think) bolts to undo and the solenoid connections. My turbo had 2 hex bolts rather than the 18s.

Whip it off and give it a good clean.

 

[chrisg]

Tim

Just to add a couple of comments:

I notice your car is an auto, so I'm not sure what/ how the gearbox/ torque converter sits but:

1. As per above remove both wires from the battery in the boot.
2. Make sure you get the car level with decent room underneath.
3. There's a heat shield surrounding the starter motor - 2 x 8mm nuts, 1 17mm (holds the torque tube on) and two 17mm down the side.
4. Assuming the auto has this heat shield, make life easy for yourself and slot the heat shield where it goes into the torque tube -that way you don't have to remove this bolt completely for refit.
5. If you haven't already, get yourself 13, 17 and 19mm Socket spanners to assist you in this job - if you're not sure what I mean, type Trident spanner into ebay - these are invaluable for this job !
6. The rest is straight forward - might be worth having your starter motor refurbed whilst it's off.

Good luck,

Chris

 

[peanut]

I would clean the main earthing points first myself before lifting the car,particularly the chassis to transmission strap at the back of the cam cover to firewall.
When you say it wouldn't start I take it that you mean that the engine turned over slowly but didn't start ? or did it not turn over at all ?