Removed 1 bottom bolt from the starter of my '89

To locate the crankshaft sensor the starter has to be removed. Yes you read it right! The starter has to be removed.
Starter removal: Two bolts hold the starter in place having 13mm bolt size heads. The bottom bolt has an editional earth cable attached to it.
Removing the top bolt is a bit of a struggle, a flat 13mm spanner with slight bend does the trick for when working from under the car.

With the starter removed, find a smallish hole about 50mm diameter in the block. Thats the location of the three pronged crankshaft sensor. The wire attached is unclipped from the metal plate and then removed from the block using a 5mm ellen key to remove the bolt holding the crankshaft sensor in position.

Do not worry about the bolt coming seperated from the crankshaft sensor. The bolt has a design preventing the bolt from falling out of the crankshaft sensor housing.

the starter is located at the rear of the engine
diss connect the pos side of the battery
jack up the car and use jack stands for safety

with a light of flash light look up behind the motor from under the car
you will need a wrench size #12 metric for wire the other wire is just a
clip on

you will need a #14 wrench or socket for the bottom starter bolt

from the top of the engine drivers side look down to the starter bolt
you will need a # 14 wrenck to loosen and a socket #14 with a long extension
move wire harness out of you way just a little so you can get the socket on it have somone help you with this have your helper hold the starter from the bottom while you take out the bolt

when the starter is loose it will come out of that mess if you move to the right and pull the plastic guard to the side a little


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Hello,

To replace the starter of a 1998 toyota corolla, please follow the steps below:

1. Remove the key from the ignition, and remove the battery, do not attempt this with the battery in car.
2. Remove the battery and tray.
3. Look to the rear of the engine, You'll see the top of the starter, loosen and remove the 14mm bolt/nut holding it down below,
4. Drain the radiator and remove the lower radiator hose. This will let You squeeze the starter around the AC line,
5. Then install the new starter, the one bolt You removed from the bottom, screw the last 14mm bolt on the starter into the transmission loosely,
6. Go up top, reinstall the top bolt, tighten this firmly but not all the way,
7. Go below, tighten the bottom bolt to final spec.
   
8. Reattach all the wires, make sure the trigger wire is snapped in fully.
9. Go up top, firmly firmly tighten to spec the top bolt,
10. Reinstall everything You removed up top the below,
11. Reinstall the battery and make sure the ignition is off while doing this,
12. Hook up battery and ensure every thing that was loosened has been installed back on.
13. Then You crank it to see if it will start.

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Is located in the back of the engine, the way is done is as follow remove the air box then you will see 3 bolts 2 17mm attaching the trans to the engine the 14mm is for the starter, remove that bolt, ember the battery negative as to be disconnected. now raise the engine and disconnect the connectors for the starter, then the other 14 mm bolt, remove starter, install in the opposite order.

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The starter is located on the backside of the engine (firewall side) on the drivers side, from symptom described it sounds like a bad starter drive. The starter needs to be removed, disassembled and the drive replaced. I have found that banging the starter usually only works when the starter has very worn brushes that builds a pile of carbon in the bottom of the starter causing a short and banging the starter sometimes disrupts that unwanted ground path or the brushes are so worn they don't contact the armature properly to make good contact after the armature stops spinning from it's last start. Some times the shock of banging the starter will shift the brushes enough to allow it to start the car.

NISSAN STANZA WAGON - Manual Transmission

Q. Where is the starter on a 1986 nissan stanza station wagon and how do you get to it ?

Due to limited access to the starter, it is recommended that the transaxle be removed when servicing the starter.

REMOVAL:

1. Cold vehicle.

Remove 2 mounting bracket bolts, 10 & 12 mm (Figure 1).

Remove top starter motor bolt 14 mm with universal & long extensions.

Raise vehicle on hoist.

Remove front splash pans 10 mm.

Automatic transmission: Drain 2 qts out.

Remove rt-ft wheel 21 mm., & tie rod (Figure 3), axle cap, cotter pin, adj-nut & rubber washer.

Remove ball joint nuts 17 mm., left lower control arm 19mm. & swaybar bracket 14 mm. (Fig 2).

Remove axle nut 36mm (Figure 4), the front tube, catalytic converter heat insulators 10mm, ctr ex-tube 17 mm., and front tube from exhaust system (Figure 5).

Remove long bolt from ft engine mount (next to radiator), 17mm socket (Figure 6, Item A).

Remove tension rod mount 14 mm. Has adj-bracket with rubber insulators (Fig 6, Items B, C).

Remove right side drive shaft bolts that hold shaft to bracket mounted on engine (Fig7) 12mm.

Remove rt-driveshaft.

CAUTION: Transaxle side seals are cut by spline teeth.

Install hoist type transmission jack and wooden block under the transmission/engine. Be certain the transmission is safely balanced on the hoist.

Remove 5 engine crossmember mounts (3 bolts, 2 nuts) 14mm.

Remove nut that attaches crossmember to engine mount.

Loosen stabilizer bar mounts to allow adequate clearance for crossmember to be removed.

Remove following brackets to allow starter assembly to pass through bottom:

tubular support bracket - engine to transaxle

angled support bracket - driveshaft bracket to engine mount

manifold collector stay - (bottom bolts)

Loosen top bolts, remove bracket above driveshaft-holding bracket 14mm.

NOTE: This bracket is slotted to allow it to slide out without completely removing the bolts.

Remove bottom starter motor mounting bolt.

Separate starter assembly from bellhousing, DC all cables/connectors, remove starter motor.

When installing starter, connect cable, install/torque starter bolts.

put your finger on the hole where the one bolt was. Run it around the edge of the starter until you run into the other bolt. You might need to remove it be sense of touch...

Try to feel it with your fingers. It should be close to the starter itself. Unless somebody who have worked on that car before broke the head of the bolt.

Top bolt is almost dirrectly above bottom bolt but,toward engine about 1 inch. slip 13mm.socket with enstention behind starter solenoid ,you have to fish for this bolt.Very hard if you do not have a rack,We always remove it from bottom.

Have you tried using a long extension? I pretty sure that is the only way to reach the bottom bolt.