help changing starter

importracer · 07-01-2005, 12:18 AM

hey all, i need some tech help on going about changing my starter on my 97 gt? any help would be greatly appreciated.

kmauldin · 07-15-2005, 08:21 AM

Did you ever get help with your starter?

importracer · 07-15-2005, 05:28 PM

yeah i had someone come over and help me. that last bolt took me forever to take out lol but i got it thanks dude

kmauldin · 07-16-2005, 05:11 AM

Is it the bolt that's on top of the starter? That one had me blurting out a few choice words!

importracer · 07-16-2005, 12:37 PM

yep that is the crazy bolt that i had to fight with for like 2 hours. i had to use a real big extension, put it through the front and my father in law was on the other side putting the socket on by just feel. and i had to turn the rachet on the other side. it was a mess and it was real hot that day but we finally got it done. kmauldin we will have to get together on other issues about our stangs. you know we will probably run into other issues lol

kmauldin · 07-19-2005, 06:54 AM

You bet. I guess that's why we're all here...trying to play mechanic. Take it easy.

importracer · 07-19-2005, 04:29 PM

take it easy as well.

paver one · 08-15-2005, 04:26 PM

I hope you did not put the top bolt back in........the starter works fine without it.

importracer · 08-21-2005, 07:25 PM

yep i sure did put it back in. actually when i went to take the old one off, apparently the person that had my car before me didnt put that bolt back in themselves lol but yeah my father in law machanis said that it would be more stable to put the top one in.

kmauldin · 08-23-2005, 07:57 AM

If I left that bolt out, it would be my luck that one of the other one's would break and the starter would fall out while I'm going down the highway.

I'm not debunking what anyone thinks, but I tend to believe the automakers pay a lot of money to engineers who design and plan how this stuff should go together and if they designed it with 3 bolts, it should have 3 bolts. That bolt on top of the starter will certainly take years off your life though!

07-01-2005, 12:18 AM	#1
importracer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	help changing starter hey all, i need some tech help on going about changing my starter on my 97 gt? any help would be greatly appreciated.

07-15-2005, 08:21 AM	#2
kmauldin Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 22	Re: help changing starter Did you ever get help with your starter? __________________ KMM '97 GT coupe; K&N, 3:73's, steeda tri-ax, Mac catted H, Mac flow-path cat-back, aluminum driveshaft, white face guages

07-15-2005, 05:28 PM	#3
importracer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	Re: help changing starter yeah i had someone come over and help me. that last bolt took me forever to take out lol but i got it thanks dude

07-16-2005, 05:11 AM	#4
kmauldin Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 22	Re: help changing starter Is it the bolt that's on top of the starter? That one had me blurting out a few choice words! __________________ KMM '97 GT coupe; K&N, 3:73's, steeda tri-ax, Mac catted H, Mac flow-path cat-back, aluminum driveshaft, white face guages

07-16-2005, 12:37 PM	#5
importracer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	Re: help changing starter yep that is the crazy bolt that i had to fight with for like 2 hours. i had to use a real big extension, put it through the front and my father in law was on the other side putting the socket on by just feel. and i had to turn the rachet on the other side. it was a mess and it was real hot that day but we finally got it done. kmauldin we will have to get together on other issues about our stangs. you know we will probably run into other issues lol

07-19-2005, 06:54 AM	#6
kmauldin Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 22	Re: help changing starter You bet. I guess that's why we're all here...trying to play mechanic. Take it easy. __________________ KMM '97 GT coupe; K&N, 3:73's, steeda tri-ax, Mac catted H, Mac flow-path cat-back, aluminum driveshaft, white face guages

07-19-2005, 04:29 PM	#7
importracer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	Re: help changing starter take it easy as well.

08-15-2005, 04:26 PM	#8
paver one Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Ogden Utah Posts: 58	Re: help changing starter I hope you did not put the top bolt back in........the starter works fine without it. __________________ 1999 F-350 CC Dually PStroke,1996 SALEEN s281SC vert #380 & 2004 F-150 FX4 Crew Cab

08-21-2005, 07:25 PM	#9
importracer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8	Re: help changing starter yep i sure did put it back in. actually when i went to take the old one off, apparently the person that had my car before me didnt put that bolt back in themselves lol but yeah my father in law machanis said that it would be more stable to put the top one in.

08-23-2005, 07:57 AM	#10
kmauldin Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 22	Re: help changing starter If I left that bolt out, it would be my luck that one of the other one's would break and the starter would fall out while I'm going down the highway. I'm not debunking what anyone thinks, but I tend to believe the automakers pay a lot of money to engineers who design and plan how this stuff should go together and if they designed it with 3 bolts, it should have 3 bolts. That bolt on top of the starter will certainly take years off your life though! __________________ KMM '97 GT coupe; K&N, 3:73's, steeda tri-ax, Mac catted H, Mac flow-path cat-back, aluminum driveshaft, white face guages

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