Trying to take starter off my 7.3 1989 motor

[aroulette]

I have all 3 bolts out and connections to cylanoid off. Now I cant get it to slide out of its place. I have pulled and pulled. What is the trick?

[M.L.S.C.]

Is it stuck to the engine adapter plate? Or it's loose, but you just can't wiggle it out of there?

[Dave Sponaugle]

You must have the long and skinny Mitsubishi starter.

Does it look like this?



And your trouble is the cross member is right in the way.

You need to turn the starter just a little at a time, when you get it in exactly the right place it will drop right out.

Try to pay close attention to how it is turned when it comes out, that is how it has to go back in.

I just swapped mine this summer, if I remember right turn the solenoid on top away from the motor just a little.

[aroulette]

That ever elusive 3rd bolt that i said, "thats not hard to reach" was the wrong on and I still had a bolt attached. Its off and ordered a new one

[archangel]

I don't see why that engineer did not put that hard to reach bolt in from the back side where we can reach it!

Last time I pulled the starter, I decided that next time the starter had to come out, I would drill it out, tap it myself and get the correct replacement bolt to correct the issue.