toms3
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Well what a nightmare! Hard to get to! And behind all sorts!
I just spent a day and a half just doing it. If anyone wonders how I did it I'll do a step by step explenation how I did it as I struggled for info while searching so hopefully it might help someone.
1. Cut down a 17 mm spanner so I can get it on the bolts on the Steve Parker conversion down pipe (this was in a tight space!) and with the cut down spanner on the bolt I put an extension bar on the spanner at a right angle and hit it with a hammer to crack the bolts.
2. Climb underneath and undo the exhaust clamp and pull the conversion pipe out of the engine bay.
3. Remove the heater box
4. Undo the engine mount bolts and slacken the gearbox mount bolts
5. Undo the wiring to starter and undo/remove the 3 bolts on the starter motor (very awkward to get to!)
6. Jack the engine up to make space to get the starter out.
Pull starter out - it was still very tight even after all that!, even that part took 20 mins to do and was like a puzzle.
7. jiggle in and refit new starter motor.
8. Put back together in reverse of theese steps.
This was the first time iv done the starter motor and it was the toughest job iv done on it even the bolts where stuck solid! I didn't do it in theese steps but that's the easiest way I found out after spending many hours trying to jiggle the bugger out without jacking the engine or removing the heater box.
Im not a mechanic so if I done owt wrong there let me know incase I have to do it again (hope not ever!!!)
Money's a bit tight at mo so I got a britpart starter motor, anyone used one of theese and has it lasted long?
Hope that is useful to someone - if I knew this before I started it would have saved me a day and lots and lost of fruity language - hope the neighbours weren't listening!
I just spent a day and a half just doing it. If anyone wonders how I did it I'll do a step by step explenation how I did it as I struggled for info while searching so hopefully it might help someone.
1. Cut down a 17 mm spanner so I can get it on the bolts on the Steve Parker conversion down pipe (this was in a tight space!) and with the cut down spanner on the bolt I put an extension bar on the spanner at a right angle and hit it with a hammer to crack the bolts.
2. Climb underneath and undo the exhaust clamp and pull the conversion pipe out of the engine bay.
3. Remove the heater box
4. Undo the engine mount bolts and slacken the gearbox mount bolts
5. Undo the wiring to starter and undo/remove the 3 bolts on the starter motor (very awkward to get to!)
6. Jack the engine up to make space to get the starter out.
Pull starter out - it was still very tight even after all that!, even that part took 20 mins to do and was like a puzzle.
7. jiggle in and refit new starter motor.
8. Put back together in reverse of theese steps.
This was the first time iv done the starter motor and it was the toughest job iv done on it even the bolts where stuck solid! I didn't do it in theese steps but that's the easiest way I found out after spending many hours trying to jiggle the bugger out without jacking the engine or removing the heater box.
Im not a mechanic so if I done owt wrong there let me know incase I have to do it again (hope not ever!!!)
Money's a bit tight at mo so I got a britpart starter motor, anyone used one of theese and has it lasted long?
Hope that is useful to someone - if I knew this before I started it would have saved me a day and lots and lost of fruity language - hope the neighbours weren't listening!
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