Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Replied by talkingcars on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 2 years 2 months ago #206871
The bolts on my mk1 MGF VVC starter are ass follows:-

M10
15mm head
90mm long shaft
18mm head on bolt


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Replied by talkingcars on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 2 years 2 months ago #206872

i found it a lot easier to use a long extension and socket through the passengers wheel side of the car

I used a foot long extension so the ratchet was beyond the body of the starter on the bolt.
For the nut I used an offset spanner on the nuts ( https://www.halfords.com/tools/hand-tools/modular-trays/halfords-advanced-8-piece-offset-spanner-set-modular-tray-332934.html ).
For the higher nut I used some insulation tape to hold the nut in the spanner as there was no way I could reach up and start the bolt by hand.


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Replied by Delbourt on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 2 years 1 month ago #206881
That is interesting thank you. However, there was no way I could position a ring spanner of the type suggested on one of the nuts (the lower one if I remember correctly). The other was accessed by a series of socket extension bars from the off side wheel arch.
My recollection was that beneath the water rail pipework access was limited to somewhere between 2 and 3 inches only.
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Replied by talkingcars on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 2 years 1 month ago #206882
There is a very small window between the top of the upper water pipe and the bottom side of the inlet manifold where you can see the top half of upper bolt. To get the spanner on it I reached all the way down to just above the off side inner CV joint and then reached the spanner under the water pipes and HT leads (mk1 VVC has coil backs on the back of the engine) to the nut.


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Replied by mowog73 on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 2 years 1 month ago #206885
My experience and technique is the same as talkingcars in terms of seeing and accessing the nuts and bolts that hold on the starter.

Just this past spring, when I had the starter off to change the timing belt, I painted the two nuts yellow to make them more visible, which I do think is helpful.

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Replied by Notanumber on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 1 year 3 months ago #213276
It was said the starter motor bolts go into the bellhousing but not into captured nuts. I'm just trying to visualise where the nuts are that need to be removed and whether this is done from above or below ?

2003 MG TF 135 sunstorm

1979 MGB GT

Previously:
2002 115 TF + 1998 118 MG F

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Replied by D4KGP on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 1 year 3 months ago #213294
When I had the starter motor on my F repaired, I removed it using a ratchet and extension bar through the N/S wheel arch (after removing the wheel) and a spanner on the nuts accessed from above the engine. Easy enough job.
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Replied by Notanumber on topic Starter Motor -How to remove/replace

Posted 1 year 2 months ago #213370
Thanks, now done. The bolts heads were 15mm on mine with 18mm nuts. I was surprised how tight they were, not sure if that was from the factory or someone had been in there.

2003 MG TF 135 sunstorm

1979 MGB GT

Previously:
2002 115 TF + 1998 118 MG F

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