replacing starter drive?

[1990LTD]

How does one replace the starter drive? Am going to replace the whole starter assembly when money allows but for now I'm only replacing the broken (for now) part.


How long should it take? Take in to account that I have as much experience under a car as an Amish mechanic.

[Lincolnmania]

i dont even mess with starters......i just put a new one in......what's wrong with the drive?

[1990LTD]

it goes click whrrrr. was told that it's my problem. i'm not even slightly opposed to replacing the whole starter, but i can't afford the motorcraft one

MOTORCRAFT Part # SA734BRM More Info {#E4DZ11002BRM, E4DZ1102BRM}
Reman Starter Eligible for Bumper to Bumper Motorcraft Warranties; E4AF-11001AA Starter Original $163.79

[Lincolnmania]

do you know which starter your car has?
they used the old style and the new style in 1990

[1990LTD]

I have the starter drive from each. Don't know which one my car uses yet.

[Lincolnmania]

big time core charge on that motorcraft starter
mid 1990 they switched from a direct drive starter to a gear reduction starter......if your starter has one wire going to it, it's a direct drive.......if it has 2 wires going to it, it's a gear reduction starter

[1990LTD]

yeah I'm not going to bother with a core charge on this, would take too goddamn much to send it back .


i was basically advised by someone on here not to go with anything cheap whatsoever (and to actually get the motorcraft unit) when buying a starter, but i don't know what is good and what isn't

[Lincolnmania]

what do they want for a starter local? down here the direct drive starter starts at 50 bucks for the 1 yr one......90 for the brandy new one

[1990LTD]

dunno, prices are usually so retarded locally i look to rockauto first. i'll check tomorrow.

[1990LTD]

What are some things I can do to test and see if it is actually the starter? Battery connections are good

[jayh]

I dont think I ever had any problems with cheap reman'd starter from the parts store?

what about a pull-a-part? probably like $20

[1990LTD]

I assume that's a junkyard where you pull parts out yourself? Yeah, none of those around here. All of the boxes I've found have been pre-90, so it's quite likely I wouldn't be able to use the starter anyway.


So you don't think I would have any troubles with one of the cheaper starters on RockAuto?

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php?carcode=1434350&parttype=4152

What would you folks go with if you had less (preferably substantially) than a hundred bucks to spend on one? Don't take core returns into account.

[sly]

I typically go with whatever local parts store has a limited lifetime warranty parts. then if the new one craps out, I just pull it and take it back and get a new one. at least for "fix it so it works" repairs. If I'm upgrading to better parts (ie: I have money to spend on the car) I generally get a "better" part but I'm still too stingy with my wallet to pay for the "best" parts.

[1990LTD]

160ish at the local parts store after I return my original. They didn't tell me what brand it was or what kind of warranty comes on it...I gotta do some running around tomorrow so I'll find out at some point then when I can go to different parts places

[grandpaslincoln]

Ask what brand and what kind of warranty.