# How to spend 6 grand or so on a starter replacement **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 28, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633 "2007-06-28T07:24:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/1 "2007-06-28T07:24:32Z")
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 ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6080058.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6080058.JPG) Step 4: bring to shop and start removing stuff ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6110053.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6110053.JPG) ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120038.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120038.JPG) ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120043.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120043.JPG) Step 5: after powertrain is removed, take left headers off to access starter ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120047.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6120047.JPG) Step 6: examine the slag that used to be armature windings and such ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6130053.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6130053.JPG) Step 7: put it all back together and drive for a few days ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6230061.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6230061.JPG) ![http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6230062.JPG](http://www.blackforestmotorsport.com/images/project%20pictures/P6230062.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![psychopjv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psychopjv/32/7251_2.png) [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/2 "2007-06-28T07:50:40Z")
good job…hot blue also…:tup: ---
**Author:** ![oneslowdsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@oneslowdsm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowdsm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/3 "2007-06-28T07:52:46Z")
very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Blk99Xtreme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blk99xtreme/32/5089_2.png) [@Blk99Xtreme](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blk99Xtreme)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/4 "2007-06-28T07:54:25Z")
Even the Vise matces the car color!! …And I thought a Northstar starter was a bitch! ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/5 "2007-06-28T08:05:14Z")
Wow. Looks like a huge pain in the ass. Good work though. ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/6 "2007-06-28T08:08:27Z")
so I take it you got your shop? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/7 "2007-06-28T08:08:53Z")
WTF did they get @ HD? ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/8 "2007-06-28T08:12:26Z")
what did you get from Home Depot :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/9 "2007-06-28T08:15:39Z")
[quote=“93dx–hatch,post:6,topic:31633"”] so I take it you got your shop? [/quote] not yet…soon. Likely 1st week of August. This is actually an older series of pics. ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/10 "2007-06-28T08:16:21Z")
[quote=“Anonymity,post:7,topic:31633"”] WTF did they get @ HD? [/quote] 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. ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/11 "2007-06-28T08:17:03Z")
[quote=“Blk99Xtreme,post:4,topic:31633"”] Even the Vise matces the car color!! …And I thought a Northstar starter was a bitch! [/quote] heh…never caught that before. A Chiaro Blue vise…nice. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/12 "2007-06-28T08:31:59Z")
there was no other way to get that starter out other then to pull the motor? ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/13 "2007-06-28T08:43:06Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/14 "2007-06-28T08:43:57Z")
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. [quote=“Viper966,post:12,topic:31633"”] there was no other way to get that starter out other then to pull the motor? [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/15 "2007-06-28T08:45:18Z")
Typical Italian thinking. Style first. Everything else is secondary. [quote=“ultradriver10000,post:13,topic:31633"”] 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 [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/16 "2007-06-28T08:59:46Z")
What a piece of shit car. I would still rock it though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/17 "2007-06-28T09:20:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/18 "2007-06-28T11:27:39Z")
so wait you did this job? ---
**Author:** ![bracketracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bracketracer/32/15592_2.png) [@bracketracer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bracketracer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/19 "2007-06-28T12:47:20Z")
[quote=“nitroinsane,post:18,topic:31633"”] so wait you did this job? [/quote] yeah, done a few of them. why? ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2007, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633/20 "2007-06-28T13:07:43Z")
your list of steps show how to spend $160K…not $6K. That would make me slap my forehead and yell “FUCK!” [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-spend-6-grand-or-so-on-a-starter-replacement/31633.md?page=2)