How to take the starter out?

I have a 96 Corolla and recently it hesitates to start. Can anyone share an idea how to take it out? I heard the repair is pretty simple. But it seems very difficult to take the starter out. A mechanic told me he would charge two hours of labor for that since the starter is behind the engine.

first time took me about 30- 45 min to take out.. the second time ( i bought a bad one) took 15-20 min.

unplug the battery en bolt the son of a... it's pretty easy to do :)

Deadring

Did work above or under the car? I can hardly see it from above. Do you need any special tools? Thanks.

you do it from above, but you have to lean on the engine,( btw the engine being cold helps ALOT) and you need a ratchet with 13 mm, 12mm, 10mm, an d maybe 14 or 17 i dunno. and some other maybe smaller in order to remove the bolt that holds the cable on the starter.

it looks harder than it really is man don't worry, but you weill be blind when you do it.. you won't be able to see much.. you have to rely on your sens of touch. the first time is the tougher :)

hope this helps

Deadring

Thanks, Deadring. That helps alot.

Did work above or under the car? I can hardly see it from above. Do you need any special tools? Thanks.

Is the starter on the front side on the 96 or on the firewall side?

firewall side

deadring,

Which year is your Corolla? I just took a look at the starter. I feel even I can somehow unscrew it, there is not enough space to take it out from above.

mines an 89, but my last one was a 91 with EFI and the only way to take it out was, after all the cables where off it, to yank it out... turn it on itself a couple times till you find a "right" way to pull it up.

well first of all this is gonna take about an hour of your time, just unhook every cable off it( AFTER you unplug the battery of course) and unscrew it.. you'll see what i mean,

like i said before, it looks harder than it really is.. i too, had hesitation in doing it.

Good luck :)

Deadring

No sir. On my 91 you do have to disconnect a lot of stuff. But you stand over the top of the car facing the windshild and take the screws out. Then you can tilt it out from the passenger side near the power sterring pump.

first time took me about 30- 45 min to take out.. the second time ( i bought a bad one) took 15-20 min.

unplug the battery en bolt the son of a... it's pretty easy to do :)

Deadring

I think the starter just went on my 1989 seca had a horrible whinning sound ... will only stop once battery is disconnected.

Do I need a new starter motor or is there somethng else that can be done? Hope you can help.

my car just started a high pitch whinning sound and wont switch off unless battery disconnected. I assume it is starter motor. does it need to be replaced or is there something else to do? Cheers

Sounds like the ABS motor is bad. That is the only thing I know that whines until you disconnect the battery. Check out this site - http://www.modulemaster.com/

thanks we are having a look at it today. fingers crossed.

Just want to let your guys know I have my starter replaced at Strauss for $170 and it is a new one.

Just want to let your guys know I have my starter replaced at Strauss for $170 and it is a new one.

Sounds like a fair price for a new starter and labor. I had a problem starting my car before, didn't know a thing about a problem, Starter, Battery or a Distributor, well I knew how to check battery, so it was fine. I had no clue where and how to replace starter well bought a remanufactured one from Auto Advanced Parts for $150 with the core of $50. Well me and my friend found my starter in couple of minutes, but it took us 1 or 1.5 hours to replace it, it doen't take long, just remove both nuts, one has to be unscrewed from beneath the car and other from the top. The top one is the mess, if you don't have the right instrumests you pretty much screwed, because that nut is way too hard to get it out. Got lucky that my tool set included all the sizes i needed. My point is that i knew nothing about starter and heard it costs good money to replace it than why couldn't i do it myself. Well, as you al know, the time you spend doing it yourself by having no clue on how to do it will pay you the amount you saved to pay a mechanic for his labor.