Help!! Car Wont Start!!!!

[slammed89civic]

how do i get to it? i have to drive my 88 galant until i get it fixed...grrrrr damn mitsubishi's

[civickiller]

the starter is located on the top of the tranny on the firewall side. you can unbolt it from the top. you might wanna remove your intake for easier access to it.

[Ebranste]

Did you take it somewhere to get it looked at? How do you know it's bad? I just want to make sure you don't replace it and find out that's not the problem case you can't return parts you've installed.

So long as you're sure the starter is the cause, make sure you disconnect the negatie battery cable before you begin removing the electrical connectors from it.

It's located on top of the tranny like mentioned, but you can't see it without moving some coolant hoses out of the way. You will actually want to take out any hoses that are really obstructive cause you will need some room to work down there and pull the starter out. The space is a little cramped.

Also, something you should know is the starter is being held in 2 bolts. The one on top is pretty easy to get at but the bottm one is a pain cause you can't see it at all and will have to find it with your fingers. Getting to it will require a short to medium length 3/4" extention for your rathet and I forget what size hex head the bolt has.....12mm I think. Just have patience removing the lower bolt cause you'll only be able to turn it a little at a time and it's quite long.

[FourthGenHatch]

Here's how to replace the Starter...

Pop the hood and remove the intake and it's hoses all the way to the intake manifold, remove the battery. There is a large Coolant hose going right over the starter, pull it from the firewall but be prepared as coolant will pour from the firewall. What I did was take saran wrap and a rubber band and put it over it to prevent liquid from coming out. There are 2 bolts holding the starter one at the top and one on the bottom opposite side. Unbolt the bolts, you can feel around for the one on the bottom, it's not that hard. Then disconnect the electrical connections to the starter. After that take a pry bar and rubber hammer and put the pry bar to the top end of the starter close to where the battery would be then knock it with the rubber hammer to free the starter from the transmission (and it will be stuck on considering it could have been there for over 10 years). After that pull the starter out, you may have to pull it around the crap in the engine but you can easily get it out from the top. After that just do the same in reverse basically.