whats goin on everyone .. the starter on the truck has been a long time going and its finally time to replace it. dose anyone have a how to with pictures maybe!!? i know obviously disconnect the neg, but how many wires run into the starter and where is it located? and how many bolts. i took a look under today i think i found it but the bolts seem like a strange size 3/8 is a bit to tight the next size up is way to big ..
thanks
Eric

 

If its a 4x4 your in for a good time. This is what I have saved on autozone.com for my blazer. If yours is differnet your just gonna have to fill your your own info and look.

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBr...e6.jsp#hd1-1-2

 

yeah its a 4X4 but push button soo idk if that makes a diffrence but thanks for the heads up

 

i worked on it today .. everything went well. i unbolted the starter and tried pulling it out and down. i didnt come all the way out of where it connects to the flywheel. and i couldn't pull it any further back there was no clearence. i tried twisting it and moving it around and NO LUCK. i bolted it back in. going to have one of my buddies help me out this week .. but boy is it a pain in the ***.

anyone has done this b4 feel free to give input

thanks again

 

I had to take the y pipe off, a crossmember under there had to come out, all kinds of fun. Took me all day to get it replaced.

 

o boyy

 

Remove the torque converter cover (4 bolts I think), then that will give you the clearance to get the starter out.. And you may have to go through the pass side tire wheel well to get to the two wire terminals.. The worst part for me was the wire terminals...

 

haha ya my starter died in a bowling ally parking lot at like midnight lol luckily my dad was still up and i called him up and me and him dropped the starter out that night only took like 30min wasnt too bad cept it didnt really wanna come out right away. went back the next morn and put the new one in from auto zone.