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From: levans on 21 Jun 2010 10:23
The starter motor has died on my 52 plate Corsa 1.7DTI so I'm looking
at replacing it.

Has anybody done this/a similar replacement and if so, what's the best
way to get at the starter motor itself? I can't figure out if it'll be
easier to approach it from above or below as there seems to be loads
of stuff in the way whichever way I look at it.

Any help or advice appreciated.
From: Mrcheerful on 21 Jun 2010 13:20
levans wrote:
> The starter motor has died on my 52 plate Corsa 1.7DTI so I'm looking
> at replacing it.
>
> Has anybody done this/a similar replacement and if so, what's the best
> way to get at the starter motor itself? I can't figure out if it'll be
> easier to approach it from above or below as there seems to be loads
> of stuff in the way whichever way I look at it.
>
> Any help or advice appreciated.

IIRC the starter is at the back and the only way to access it is from
underneath. IIRC there is a bracket that gets in the way, but it can either
be bent or removed to let the starter out. Once the car is on a lift or
even just up on ramps it all becomes clear and isn't that awful a job.


From: levans on 21 Jun 2010 16:43
On 21 June, 18:20, "Mrcheerful" <nbk...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> levans wrote:
>
> IIRC the starter is at the back and the only way to access it is from
> underneath.  IIRC there is a bracket that gets in the way, but it can either
> be bent or removed to let the starter out.  Once the car is on a lift or
> even just up on ramps it all becomes clear and isn't that awful a job.

Yeah you're right- it's right at the back of the engine and towards
the bottom.

That sounds promising. I don't have access to a lift but I do have a
high-lift jack so maybe it won't be as bad as it looks.
I'll get underneath it tomorrow ad have a proper look.

Thanks for the reply.

From: Chris Whelan on 21 Jun 2010 16:49
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:43:45 -0700, levans wrote:

[...]

> That sounds promising. I don't have access to a lift but I do have a
> high-lift jack so maybe it won't be as bad as it looks. I'll get
> underneath it tomorrow ad have a proper look.

Please reassure us that you will support the car properly on axle stands
before you get under it...

Chris

--
Remove prejudice to reply.
From: levans on 22 Jun 2010 03:17
On Jun 21, 9:49 pm, Chris Whelan <cawhe...(a)prejudicentlworld.com>
wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:43:45 -0700, levans wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > That sounds promising. I don't have access to a lift but I do have a
> > high-lift jack so maybe it won't be as bad as it looks. I'll get
> > underneath it tomorrow ad have a proper look.
>
> Please reassure us that you will support the car properly on axle stands
> before you get under it...
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Remove prejudice to reply.

I'm pretty paranoid these days after a few near misses working on cars
in my teens, so these days it's axle stands *and* big blocks of wood :)
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