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Having just pulled four starters this weekend (from motors not in the cars at least)...
1. Disconnect BOTH battery cables from the battery.
2. Put the car on jack stands at the front.
3. Crawl under by the tail of the transmission and look forward on the passenger side. You will see the upper starter bolt from this position. It's either a 10mm "in-hex" head (needing a 10mm allen key) or it's got a conventional 19mm head.
4. Get a 10mm allen key in a socket or 19mm short socket, whichever's the right kind from step 3, and put it on swivel joint with the longest extension rods you can muster to reach that upper bolt. You have to reach it from back by the tail of the transmission to do this.
5. Undo the wiring on the starter. Should be a little cheese head screw that needs a standard screw driver and a 13mm nut. You may not be able to see them well, go by feel and instinct.
6. Undo the lower bolt on the starter. We saved the easiest one for last. It too is either a 10mm in-hex or a 19mm standard head.
7 Pull out the starter. You might need to turn the wheel fully to one side or the other to work it out of there.
When getting a replacement starter, make sure the lower bolt on the starter matches what you get. Some starters have that lower bolt hole threaded, others use a longer bolt and there's a separate nut on the end. The parts book will tell you how it left the factory. It won't tell you what some other guy did in the intervening 30 years.
Installation is just as easy.
HTH -CTH
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