how hard is it to put a starter in - because pepboys said a starter is 235 for my car (95 max) but i get 65 back when i bring in my old one so the starter is 170 and that - i called my mechanic and they said it will be 240 installed - are these good prices? can i have some of you orgers thoughts on this

 

Super-easy. Might need a breaker bar, but other than that ... it's simple.

http://vbxmaxima.8m.com/starter.html

 

It could be done quite easily in under an hour for someone who's never done it or in about 20 minutes if you know what you're doing. PM me if you need any help and I'd be more than happy to help. I had to take mine out when I did my clutch

 

what's a breaker bar? I think the life of my starter is dying @ 140k miles...

 

Basically, it's just a really long bar that you can attach sockets to. It's like a really long wrench. So you can pull or push on a bolt with more force.

 

A breaker bar is just an extension that you put on the end of a wrench or ratchet. It gets you more leverage so that you can "break loose" a stuck bolt.

 

235?! ga dam! i just sold mine for 65 shipped . I have another one for a manual 97 GXE. It works fine in my car but i did conversion...hmmm, should still work. If i get to keep car and u wait long enough i can sell it to you for same price. DAyum, thought they were like 100 bucks, OMG, i let it go for 65 bucks?! and shipping was like 16 dollars!

I feel beat

 

I thought you can put any starter in car... it actually matters whether u have a manual or auto tranny?

 

Its a pretty easy install...it took my dad and I about 2 hours to do it on my old '95 GLE. It only took that long because it was about 35 degrees out and our hands were cold. I think we got the starter for about $85.