4Runner - Pulling Starter, Help

[Zero Hour]

My dad has a schweet (love this thing but isn't mine just yet) 89 4Runner (wipes drools) with a 3.0 V6. It's been sitting up cause the poor beast and I haven't done our usual thang where I keep her going. It's time for a change and she only deserves to be back on the road, though I say fully insured. Anyway, it needs a freeze plug which I can manage I figure, but the starter's hellacious to get off.

How MANY bolts are there, about where are they located, and when i drop it is it a sench to put back in or is there anything I need to know? Thanks for any replies!

[reb]

I think your engine is the same as in my '94 T100. The shop manual says there are two mounting bolts. The lower appears to go through the starter into the bell housing. The upper one appears to go through the bell housing, threading into the starter. The instructions for removing the starter are short--just disconnect the battery, remove wires from the starter, remove the two bolts and remove the starter.

Good luck

reb

[Duece]

i have a 94 you might have to jack up the motor so it will clear the mounts. its not very fun.

[alvin907]

just pulle ine off of my 92 4runner, there is a small plate in the wheel well i took off and then i disconected the bat terminals , then took the front skid plate off to get to the bottom bolt, i belive i used a 15 mm and 14 mm, then take out the top bolt, if all that works, manuver it out of the hole in the wheel well, pu the new one in with the gears in first.