Step 1: buy a Diablo
Step 2: fail to realize that for some reason, the starter gear failed to release before driving away from Home Depot
Step 3: pull over when you smell electrical smoke
Step 4: bring to shop and start removing stuff
Step 5: after powertrain is removed, take left headers off to access starter
Step 6: examine the slag that used to be armature windings and such
Step 7: put it all back together and drive for a few days
good job…hot blue also…:tup:
very nice.
Even the Vise matces the car color!! …And I thought a Northstar starter was a bitch!
Wow. Looks like a huge pain in the ass.
Good work though.
so I take it you got your shop?
WTF did they get @ HD?
what did you get from Home Depot :gotme:
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so I take it you got your shop?
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not yet…soon. Likely 1st week of August. This is actually an older series of pics.
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WTF did they get @ HD?
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when I pulled up to check the car out, and give my customer a ride home, he had a bag of doorknobs in the car.
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Even the Vise matces the car color!! …And I thought a Northstar starter was a bitch!
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heh…never caught that before. A Chiaro Blue vise…nice.
there was no other way to get that starter out other then to pull the motor?
thats the suck, you’d think if you payed all that money for a car of that caliber they would at least put some thinking into the design when parts fail…such as removal/access
Not a chance. The headers literally have 1/2" clearance off of the right frame rail(s). At that point, might as well do a clutch job as well, and add another 3500 so the job gets into the 5-figure range.
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there was no other way to get that starter out other then to pull the motor?
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Typical Italian thinking. Style first. Everything else is secondary.
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thats the suck, you’d think if you payed all that money for a car of that caliber they would at least put some thinking into the design when parts fail…such as removal/access
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Man and I thought old 4Runners with 4x4 were a bitch to get the starter out. But like I always say… if you can afford to drive it you can afford to fix it.
so wait you did this job?
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so wait you did this job?
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yeah, done a few of them. why?
your list of steps show how to spend $160K…not $6K. That would make me slap my forehead and yell “FUCK!”
