first of all, i really love the way the haynes book details the process... remove the starter.
there seems to be a lot of crap in the way, i really cant figure how its gonna get out of there. but thats if you can even get at the bolts! good god, i had to get about seven different connections on the wrench just to get near em... well, i got the top one off, but i cant even budge the bottom one. kinda scared to put an impact on it, dont wanna snap it off.but im gettin ahead of myself. in the past few weeks, shes been real hard to start. turn the key, get a few turns from the starter, then nothing. again and again might get a little half crank out of the engine. some days it takes 5-10 minutes of this til i get lucky. some days it starts on the first try. if i drive for half an hour and shut it down, it'll kick right back on. i wouldnt say that i am getting a clicking sound though. so ive been going on the notion that its the solenoid.
so i get under there, and the whole area is sprayed with oil, definitely all over the starter.
it being 4:30 in the am, im thinkin im just gonna put the top bolt back in, so i can maybe drive to the dump tomorrow... have a bed full of garbage at the moment, wanna get it out of there. i'll try to get some pics up if thats gonna help, need to track down the camera cord. like i said, im on the bubble of just taking it in, let someone else mess with that. would i really have to pull that exhaust pipe to get it out? could be a whole pile of trouble here...hope ya'll have some input
more tomorrow
later
