Starter Motor Fitting

What a weekend, I have managed to do a job I have been putting off since I purchased the 90. I have fitted the new starter motor, and what a pig of a job.

Haynes manual lies like a hairy egg. I went with the take the exhaust down pipe off method, and ended up unbolting the engine mounts and lifting the engine so I could get a bit more room to get the old one out. There was no other way I could get it out.

Is this normal or have I just had a lucky weekend? lol.

What engine is in there? I believe 200tdi's out of a disco are a pig of a job but my 300tdi takes about half an hour tops to swap, no need to remove exhaust or owt else

Marmaduke said:

What engine is in there? I believe 200tdi's out of a disco are a pig of a job but my 300tdi takes about half an hour tops to swap, no need to remove exhaust or owt else

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Yes it is a 200tdi out of a disco for my sins.

I needed the starter from my 110 because the SIII one packed up.

It only takes a few minutes if you cut a hole in the bulkhead with a mini grinder.

The reason its not in Haynes? Could you, having done it, explain the seventeen double and treble back flips that you have to do to get it in or out? It's like the sofa on the staircase in Douglas Adams' 'So long and thanks for all the fish'.

ivancrx said:

Yes it is a 200tdi out of a disco for my sins.

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I seem to remember a thread on here recently saying what a pig of a job it is if you've got a 200tdi out of a Discovery. Hopefully you won't need to change it for a while though

Yes mine was a pig of a job (200tdi disco in a defender) but i never had to take anything off like the exhaust ? ... the worst thing is the rear bolt near the engine block

I found using long extension bars worked the best so your ratchet is down under the alternator area (so you get space to turn it)

Davidleeowen said:

i never had to take anything off like the exhaust ? ... the worst thing is the rear bolt near the engine block

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Getting the old one unbolted was easy, just the getting it out afterwards, it wouldn't come up out the top and wouldn't go down even after the front pipe was removed.