Replacing starter motor

Aston Wards · Post by **Aston Wards** » September 2nd, 2004, 9:05 pm

I have a new Presso arriving today, it apparently has a blown starter motor, i'm intending to replace it with my good one, has anyone done this? and is there anything i should watch for? does it matter that my car is an auto and the new car is manual?

kiwi_MX3 · Post by **kiwi_MX3** » September 2nd, 2004, 9:26 pm

Doing a starter in these is easy as it has great
access, right at the front of the Gearbox.

As to weather both starter motors are the same?
No idea, the biggest giveaway if they are differnt would be the teeth count on the starter.

IanL · Post by **IanL** » September 3rd, 2004, 3:52 am

In the UK, there are 3 starters for V6 MX-3s, two are 1.4kW and one is 1.7kW. They all use the same pinion. There is no indication that they vary from MTX to ATX; I reckon it's just product improvement.

fallko76 · Post by **fallko76** » September 27th, 2007, 9:46 am

Does the gearbox have to be in neutral or it doesn't totally matter? Can I bang the old starter with a hammer slightly to get it out ? It's pretty seized and I can't get it out, even after spraying some WD-40.

1992blazeredgs · Post by **1992blazeredgs** » September 27th, 2007, 5:03 pm

The gearbox makes no difference when doing the starter. The starter engages the flywheel. Nothing to do with the guts of the tranny. Yes you can bang on the starter a bit to get it off. Dont go crazy, but tapping it with your socket wrench should be enough to get it off.

Nate

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » September 27th, 2007, 5:15 pm

I will make a note here in this old thread that apparently there is a difference in the starters for ATX & MTX GS cars. RS cars.. the starters are apparently the same.

Tunes67

Raven95150 · Post by **Raven95150** » September 27th, 2007, 8:28 pm

Tunes67 wrote:I will make a note here in this old thread that apparently there is a difference in the starters for ATX & MTX GS cars. RS cars.. the starters are apparently the same.

Tunes67

Yeah, the starters are way different from ATX to MTX in the GS, they don't even mount in the same place. I am in the middle of doing an MTX swap, the ATX starter mounts in back of the engine while the MTX starter mounts in front.

Tunes67 · Post by **Tunes67** » September 27th, 2007, 8:31 pm

I found that out the same way when I did my ATX to MTX swap

They also bolt up to the bellhousings different from the look of them.. the MTX bolts straight on.. through the bellhousing lip into the back of the engine. The ATX looks like it bolts to the bellhousing of the tranny alone.

Tunes67

Aston Wards · Post by **Aston Wards** » September 27th, 2007, 9:03 pm

Ha! yup, i did find they were different, got one from a wrecker, Kiwi was right though, an absolute breeze to hookup

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