Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 14:42:24 -0800 From: "White Flame (aka David Holz)" <white-flame!!!nopsamemove!!!cities.com> Subject: Re: 85-88 Starter repair
Eric Law wrote in message ... >Well, I've done that in the past, but I would only recommend it as a last >resort. > >I'm assuming the bolt-head that's stripped is one of the ones holding the >bracket to the engine (rather than to the starter). You'd be better off >chiseling/grinding/cutting the bolt-head off, and attaching the new starter >with bracket and one bolt, than no bracket at all... > >BTW, have you tried vise-grips on that bolt? They usually don't get stuck >all that badly. Heating it up with a torch first might help, also. I'm really not a mechanic, more of a hacker that's trying to learn about cars. I can't fit any tool into the area where the bolt is, as it's under the manifold, and there's an antifreeze hose that lies right on top of the bolt which I don't want to destroy. Thus, I would like to keep from taking my car further apart (it's in my driveway, not in a shop or anything). I had to take the throttle switch sensor off of the throttle assembly in order to reach the starter bolts by the flywheel, and the armature that the sensor was connected to extended further out of its housing, and I can't push it back in. Any suggestions on this? White Flame (aka David Holz) http://fly.to/theflame
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