anyone replaced starter on their 95q45?

[91drftr]

hey wats up guys well i just had a this question cus my starter went out today and igot stuck in the streets till the tow truck came. i wanted to find out if there was an easier way to replace the starter than the way i did it.i dont know maybe i did this the hard way or maybe eazier i dont know but yeahi looked at everything and at first i didnt want to do it it looked like a head ache, i usually work on my own cars but this is the 1st time on a Q, so i just wanted get some feedback from other who have also done it before....

[Kiven422]

You know what, i am almost sure my starter went out because i plugged in a radar detector.... it does not make ANY sense but...

first time i plugged it in..... the car didn't want to start on the next crank, waited 2 hours then cranked.

totally forgot i had the radar detector..... then my friend plugged it in a couple days later.... car would not crank the next time.

i mean in between i had no issues and no issues before i started using the radar

jsut doesn't make sense

didn't want to belive it was the starter at first... diagnosed everything else and nothing was wrong

so replaced starter which was sort of a headache, could not use any of my socket wrenches except one. a pain in the boot

you didn't really have to tow your car i bet...... you can just tap on the starter and the car will crank next time. as a matter of fact you can whack the engine anywhere and the car may start next crank

[Infinitiguy19]

I removed the starter from a 1991 Q45 motor when the motor was out and it was obviously simple, But the when the motor is still on the mounts then the top bolt will be hard to get out.

But if you need it I have a starter available cheap.

[91drftr]

yeah man the starter is a pain, iactually did use that method of bangin the starter a little and this was working but i gues the starter just got to the point where it was done this last time banging it just didnt work at all so thats why i had to tow it, i didnt think it was going to be such a headache but damn i had no idea.

so i bought a fresh starter and i start to look at how im gonna take of the starter and at first i thought i was going to have to take off the headers cus there wasnt any space to wrench and when i leaned towards doing this i didnt even want to start taking of the headers so i went under the car and decided to go a different direction so i figured anither way which was alot eazier still hard but much less of a headache than the other way so to make the story shot this is what i had to do

take off the tension rod, remove that whole metal plate that hold the tension rod from the bushing i forgot what is called, loosen up the ac belt, take off all the ac compressor bolts and remove the ac compressor from its location just had to move it so i could get space wher ide be able to stick a long extension from there and all the way back to the starter bolts, so yeah this worked long extension, a swivel and a 14 mm socket and the bolts came off at this point i was happy but hten i realized the starter was way to big to even pull it out then (frustration) i had to bend a small aluminum shild that sits on top of the motor mount and this actually gave me enough space to remove it.

but wait you cant just take it out straight u have to rotate the starterclockwise and play around with it so finally i got it out and to put it in well do the same all over..............................I HOPE MY STARTER DOESNT GO OUT IN A WHILE cus its a headache to replace

[maxnix]

I HOPE MY STARTER DOESNT GO OUT IN A WHILE cus its a headache to replace

Which is why your are happy to have installed an OEM starter and not some automotive retailer's low bid junk.

[91drftr]

thats right!!!!