[Slightly] off-topic question?

[NorthernWoodsman]

So, a friend of mine has a car, 1991 ford escort, 1.9L, 5-spd., that needs a starter. I own Toyota's and don't know anything about her car and only a little about Ford's. I figured here in the domestic forum some of ya'll might be able to tell me if it's difficult to replace the starter on this car? Can ya'll point me to a website that might be a better place to ask this question? or a website with instructions on how to replace the starter? She doesn't have manual for the car.

I do know how to work on vehicles, just never worked on a 91 escort before.

Thanks everyone!

p.s. my apologies for the off-topicness of the question. This forum is just so full of great folks I figured someone could at least point me in the right direction.

 

[lstzephyr]

Changing a starter is pretty straightforward. The only real difference between vehicles is the size of the starter and the space to work in. I would just poke my head under the hood and see. Other than that it should just be a couple bolts and a couple of wires. No big deal.

I've changed starters on everything from motorcycles to giant pieces of heavy equipment(snowcats, dozers, etc) and its all basically the same.

 

[Rot Box]

Not really familiar with that particular car, but it can't be too bad--greasy, time consuming and awkward--but not too bad LOL :snorkel:

Double check to make sure the starter really is bad. My neighbor asked me to replace the starter on a late 90's V6 F150 and it had 2 solenoids :Wow1: one of which had a bad connection lol. I'd go as far to say that 95 out of 100 starter problems are due to poor connections. If it is the starter remember to disconnect the battery cables to prevent arching when removing the cables on the starter. Fords although goofy, cheap and poorly thought out at times they aren't that much different from anything else made in the same era.

If you enlarge the pics here: http://www.autozone.com/autozone/pa...mString=search&itemIdentifier=600724_55002_0_ you'll see three bolts total holding it to the engine/bellhousing and from the looks of it there will be a large power wire to the motor and one smaller wire to the solenoid. Best of luck,

Andrew

 

[NorthernWoodsman]

Alright, it looks like it might be somewhat easy. The first place I looked online said something about removing the axle and draining the transmission, etc... and I was like uh, really?. But, I looked around further and everywhere else said it can be done fairly easily with hand tools and no removing the axle. Gonna go look at the car in the AM and see what it looks like.

Thanks for the input and sorry again for the off-topic subject.

 

[bftank]

ive got a 97 escort and have found the ford escort forum helpful.
http://www.feoa.net/modules.php?name=Forums