HeuiTim Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Just bought one from my brother-in-law cheap. 100K miles. The car is very clean and maintained. He says it needs a starter, I need to do driveway repairs far from where I am, so I am curious how bad the access is with a jack and jack stands? Are these common for starters? I have never had a starter fail in my life of owning only ford products. He is not a mechanic so should I be looking for another issue. I find many people do not understand the term "does the engine turn-over". I am going down to p/u car in a few weeks with starter but you guys would know if its common. As always thank you very much, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Starter diagnosis is fairly straightforward on any vehicle. Either it's getting 12 volts or it isn't. If it is, and voltage drops are within specs. then the starter is pooched. On this particular vehicle however, I wouldn't personally recommend a DIYer to attempt. There are THREE 10mm bolts that secure it to the transmission. The top bolt is a real bitch to access without use of a lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeuiTim Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 So your saaying it is as much fun to remove as my 94 Mark 8 was when I had to pull trans once for rear main, once to overhaul. Are the starter bolts 10mm hex or 12 point, want to bring right sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Be sure to check the small gage solenoid wire on the starter first. This wire pushes on and they are bad about not making connection over the years. If it is the problem you should be able to wiggle it and get it to start, then you can repair it better when you get it home. The bolts are 10 mm the power wire nut is 13mm. You'll need some short extentions and maybe a swivel. If you have a hand held amp clamp meter, bring it and hook it around the positive batt cable while starting to rule out bad wiring ect. Then there is the trusty hammer to free up any stuck brushes or bad windings. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanik Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Be sure to check the small gage solenoid wire on the starter first. +1 These were very common on this vehicle. I worked at a Lincoln dealer from 1993-1996. Just grab the little red wire with a blue tracer on the starter solinoid and push it back and forth a few times to clean the connection and see if thats the problem. You can actually crawn just a little under the car on the passenger side and reach up without jacking up the car. I think there was actually a tsb on this wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Kaylor Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 its kinda a bitch to get to the bolts, but i have an extension that is about 2 1/2 feet long that i stick through from the front and it gets it perfectly on them POS's but its usually the control wire corroded that is the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmlew Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Originally Posted By: flmmaz Be sure to check the small gage solenoid wire on the starter first. You can actually crawn Do what? Sounds like some kind of seafood? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/hammer2.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanik Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeuiTim Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 It was an easy fix, after cleaning the rust off the copper wires at the cheapo battery terminal ends and reterminating them, tada. Of course the car turned out to be a 96, even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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