Starter on 97 v-6

I'm planning on purchasing one thru an online vendor. Is it worth it to do it myself over the weekend? Or is it just less hassle to have the mechanic do it?

When I helped my neighbor do his it was a PITA to say the least. It's jammed in there pretty good under the exhaust crossover pipe. We had unbolt the drivers side collector flange, and somewher in the process of flanagling the starter out, the pipe hit the oil pressure sending unit and broke it, so just be careful of that as a heads up.

Ah well then if its even a hint that its a PITA I'll let mechanic do it cause... *shrug* I don't wanna have to pay for my goof ups. :D

Well, if it's any help, the car in question was a dialy driver in Chicago, exposed to years of road salt combined with the engine heat to make things a little stuborn. Heck, pop your head underneath right about at the front of the passanger side door. You'll be able to see the starter from there and make your own call how bad it may or not be in your case. Hate to see you spend money for starter to be installed.

Mechanic only wants like 70$ to install it or something. And I am not comfortable working on my daily-driver unless its something simple (Rotors, brakes etc)

if you follow some manuals it will tell you to disconnect the solenoid lines first(Haynes Manual) but i did the motor first then disconnected the solenoid after. This was easier to do, because th wires were a lot easier to see after the motor is resting on the exhaust, after you pull it. Seventy dollars isn't bad, but it is possible to do it yourself. It only took me about thirty minutes and i didn't find it to be that much of a pain, it is definitly easier than it looks.