Start by throughly soaking them with a spray penetrating oil. Let sit overnight. Then use a long ratchet and socket to remove the bolts. You may have to work it back and forth to get them off without breaking them.
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I just removed a 1.7 Diesel starter motor. ALLWAYS DISCONNECT BATTERY NEGATIVE TERMINAL (10 mm) Remove top half of inlet manifold (8mm 12sided socket or spanner) Undo the two plastic bolts on the expansion tank (water bottle. 10mm) Move tank out the way Look down onto starter motor; remove bolt on which goes through bell housing into starter motor (16mm ) Jack car up; from underneath look up to starter motor, remove bolt which goes through the starter into gearbox (15mm) Remove nut from starter solenoid (little part of starter motor. 13 mm) Undo Philips bolt and disconnect wire You have removed your starter motor
under the manifold, left side of the motor. 2 bolts is all you need to undo it. You may have to take some hoses off to get to it
Just changed the starter in my daughter's '97 Aspire, two days ago. It'll help if you go buy the replacement starter prior to removing the old one. It cost me a little over $100 with a $30 core charge. First remove the battery. You'll then need a 8mm, 12mm, and 14mm socket. Remove the two 8mm nuts holding the starter to the bracket. Remove the two 12mm bolts holding the bracket to the frame. Once their out, you'll have to clear the studs on the starter and pull the bracket out. Remove the two 14mm bolts that hold the starter to the block(look at replacement starter for position). Once these two bolts are out, undo the electrical connection (two wires) and the starter will come right out. Reverse the process for installation. It took me about 45 minutes to complete.
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lie on your back under the car feet facing the front, look where the exhaust joins the manifold, you should just be able to see it. to remove disconnect the exhaust where it joins the manifold (2 bolts) can be stiff, it a turbo model from under the bonnet undo the nuts that hold the turbo heat shield, remove the 2 bolts securing the starter and remove, on a scale of difficulty 1-10 prob a 4