Ive searched and came up with nothing regarding replacing the starter. So as the title says how hard is it. The car is a 96 sunfire 2.2L. any info/pics would be greatly appreciated
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The starter is easy to replace.
1. Jack the left front of the car up put a jacstand under it and put the car in park, block both rear tires and set the parking brake (kinda overdoing it but when you almost have a car fall on you when are under it it makes you very careful)
2. probablywill have to pull the plastic peicefrom the underside of the car off, Not 100% positive since i dont have one on my car
3. disconnect the battery.
4. take the starter cover off using a 10mm wrench or socket.
5. use a 15mm socket and rachet (probably will need a 6 inch extension, use a half inch drive) to remove the 2 starter bolts. There also might be a nut on top of the front bolt holding some wiring onto the car.
6. Once thats done you can take the wires off using a 10mm wrench on the small nut and 14mm on the larger one. Shouldnt have to worry about what wires go where as long as the end of it fits on the terminal it goes on.
7. reverse order.
The bolts probably will be hard to get out. use a breaker bar if need be. I dont recomend using an impact since there is a possibility of pulling the threads out of the mount or breaking the bolts off. They should be grade 8 bolts but i'd be careful.
All in all a r&r (removal and replacement) should take roughly an hour. Ive done it a few times and i can do it 15 minutes. Not hard at all.
thanks man greatly appreciated.
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Not a problem. Always willing to help when i can.
MadJack wrote: The later model starters (2K+) are about 8 lbs lighter. Not worth doing if you starter is good, but when it goes, like mine did, it's a good mod/repair. The newer starters also use less amperage and make more torque. The wiring hooks up the same and you wont need the rear starter brace, since it's smaller and lighter.
Gear reduction starter FTW! I believe those also were on the 3400... of any year.
The starter replacement IIRC is a bit harder if you have something like a Pacesetter header. The header kinda gets in the way.
SHOoff wrote:MadJack wrote: The later model starters (2K+) are about 8 lbs lighter. Not worth doing if you starter is good, but when it goes, like mine did, it's a good mod/repair. The newer starters also use less amperage and make more torque. The wiring hooks up the same and you wont need the rear starter brace, since it's smaller and lighter.
Gear reduction starter FTW! I believe those also were on the 3400... of any year.
The starter replacement IIRC is a bit harder if you have something like a Pacesetter header. The header kinda gets in the way.
answered my question about the mini starters fitting...
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