Any advice on replacing the starter??? 
96 LT1 Starter
Auto or 6 speed? The 6-speed guys have it a bit easier than the auto guys because of the lack of trans cooler lines. It's pretty straight-forward though - not too tough. 2 bolts hold it to the block and there are two wire connections to remove. The hardest part is finagling it out with the exhaust in the way.
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Staging Lane
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Auto or 6 speed? The 6-speed guys have it a bit easier than the auto guys because of the lack of trans cooler lines. It's pretty straight-forward though - not too tough. 2 bolts hold it to the block and there are two wire connections to remove. The hardest part is finagling it out with the exhaust in the way.
^^lol.
If you have longtubes, with the six speed, it's like a 20 min job, and I'm slow.
If you finger tight them to get some threads in, or put them in with an extension, you'll be fine.
If you have longtubes, with the six speed, it's like a 20 min job, and I'm slow.
If you finger tight them to get some threads in, or put them in with an extension, you'll be fine.
damn bowtiegirl your ***** always breaking, sounds like my car when i first got it. Personally i ******* hated doing my starter with shortys and a 6 speed but i got the job done. If youre cars anything like mine was be ready to get your hands dirty, I dropped mine and slid it forward along the block and it dropped out infront of the rad.
What happend to yours? mine exploaded haha
What happend to yours? mine exploaded haha
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damn bowtiegirl your ***** always breaking, sounds like my car when i first got it. Personally i ******* hated doing my starter with shortys and a 6 speed but i got the job done. If youre cars anything like mine was be ready to get your hands dirty, I dropped mine and slid it forward along the block and it dropped out infront of the rad.
What happend to yours? mine exploaded haha
What happend to yours? mine exploaded haha
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just did a 96. my cousins starter went out. not really hard at all worst part was trying to angle it out between the exhaust. well i guess that wasnt the worst.. we actually found out he had only one bolt holding his starter in and thats why it broke the starter in half! so i have to get a busted bolt out of the block as well..
oh dont forget to unhook the battery lol
oh dont forget to unhook the battery lol
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Staging Lane
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just did a 96. my cousins starter went out. not really hard at all worst part was trying to angle it out between the exhaust. well i guess that wasnt the worst.. we actually found out he had only one bolt holding his starter in and thats why it broke the starter in half! so i have to get a busted bolt out of the block as well..
oh dont forget to unhook the battery lol
oh dont forget to unhook the battery lol
LOL, Thanks, I definitely won't forget the Battery!! Sounds like you had a job on your hands!!
I am going to get under there today and take the old one out...The problem is I can't Start it, I wonder if I could tap on the starter a little to get it going, the problem with that is the sparks that are coming from the starter!! or maybe push start it to get it on some ramps. I thought about using the floor jack to get it up and then slide the ramps under it but I would have to keep the car even. I am not to keen on just using jack stands while under the car...
aww jack stands are great. ive never been afraid of them... the people that scare me are the ones who jack up the car with the floor jack and then crawl under it with just the floor jack holding it up... scary lol
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Staging Lane
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I run a stock starter on my 396, there is a local shop that does nothing but starters and he showed me why the other ones were junk. I haven't had any problems from the stock unit he sold me after I killed two "built" ones.
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Shoot, I took the starter in yesterday to have it tested, the starter is actually working, the solenoid is arcing though. Looks like I have to buy a new starter anyway. I hope it is as easy getting it back in as it was getting it out, Hopefully I won't have to shim it...
