[Cusser]

I spent a few hours installing the first new starter into our '94 Suburban (206K miles) what a pain in the butt !!!! One has to remove the mounting bolts (easy) from underneath, but getting to the wire connectors are on top, so hidden (the harness for the big wire blocks the nut, and tough to bend in place with starter there), as is the little heat shield. On the other hand, starter was only $35. Fittings appear to be a mixture of metric and stadard, one might've been 9mm nut, first time I ever used a 9mm socket (corresponding nut on new starter was 10mm socket size. Rear heat shield nut needed deep 11mm or 7/16 socket, no reason for that stud being so long.

I can do an old VW bug starter in 10 minutes...