starter motor dead how do u fit a new one?

[PaRaDoX]

hey guys,
i had to witness a very sad thing today... life just sucks for me,
had my starter motor die on me today, car wouldnt crank over, would click a few times with a whack or 2 but in the end no luck, had to get it towed home.... was ment to vitist my EX girlfriend to try and work things out but god just dosnt like me

anyway, down to buisness... good news, my mates dad has 3 vn engines at his house (hes building a new car)

anyway he has a reco'd starter motor he brought and never used, hes selling it to me for $30, does anyone know if the steering rack has to come out to replace it??? im gonna atempt it tommororw, the cars at my house now so yeah, apart from jacking the car up anything else i need to be careful of??? or if anyones done this before i need a guide on how to do it... cheers!!!!

 

[VN-88]

hmm well as far as i can think from my manual conversion u belive u would have to remove ur bellhousing to take it of because im not sure if u can reach the bolts. but if u can reach them, just undo all wires, undo the bolts on it and remove ur manifold. then u should be able to slide it out and just do the rest in reverse. hope this helps

 

[sircruisealotVS]

thats sucks man, sorry to hear. i was just wondering whether you had any signs of it going before today?...like a slow crank or something.
reason is my car always had a "once in a blue moon" slow first crank then it would go normal and start....but now its getting more regular.
sometimes it wont crank for like 2-3 secs after turning the key, although turning the key to accessories first for a second or two makes it start perfect everytime.
sorry i cant really help you out with your question, but you situation is one id like to try and avoid...so i was curious as to whether this sort of stuff happened to you before it died.

 

[PaRaDoX]

yep, had signs lots of em,
for isntance
all of last weekend wouldnt crank, then id leave it and come back and it'd work,

it started off as a slow crank and just got worse, to the point where it wouldnt crank any more...

it looks easily accessable if the car is raised, my mates dad has a big mofo of a jack that will keep the car up and stable and should enable me to remove the starter motor

 

[CSL]

yeah dude it's a price of piss. oh hold on you have a series 1. with series 2's all you have to do is unbolt all the wiring, then undo the 2 19mm bolts and ease it out, mabye drop the rack i cant remember but the rack is only 2 19mm bolts and nuts aswell so dont fret, just make sure if you do drop the rack that you lock the power steerig first

 

[VN-88]

i had about 1 foot or alittle higher wooden blocks. they worked great and they were about 1 metre long so i trusted them. i really dont trust jacks by them self as i mates dad was under his car and my mates little bro walked past and twisted the handle on the jack not nowing anythng would happened. crushed his chest and punchered his lung. so please oh please put extra supports under it

 

[VN-88]

by the way mine was s1 it was on the other wide of the steering collumn and the steering rack wasnt in the way

 

[PaRaDoX]

cheers VN-88 good idea,

yeah its inbetween the sump and headers i can see a few bolts and it looks like its gonna be a peice of piss once im under there, the bolts dont look rusted or even covered in crap so looks like im in luck ill let you know how it goes, would bricks work insted of wood??? like if i dropped the chassis at the jacking points onto them gently???

cheers fella's

 

[VN-88]

yeah it would be better then nothing. even wen im changing tyres with a jack i chuck the tyre im not using under the axle. or if im working on brakes ect. anything as just an emergancy will do. or even use the jack but have bricks there incase it drops

 

[maginoodle]

run it up on a ramp or something. i have put one wheel up on the footpath before to get under a car.