Starter Motor: Service and Repair

REMOVAL
1. Disconnect and isolate negative battery cable.
2. Raise and support vehicle.

Fig.12 Starter Motor Remove/Install - All 3.9L/5.9L Or 4.7L Engine With Man. Trans.:

3. Remove nut securing starter motor to stud on transmission housing (Fig. 12).
4. While supporting starter motor, remove bolt securing starter motor to transmission housing.
5. If equipped with automatic transmission, slide transmission cooler tube bracket forward on tubes far enough for starter motor to be removed from lower mounting stud.
6. Lower starter motor from front transmission housing far enough to access and remove nut securing battery cable eyelet to starter solenoid stud. Always support starter motor during this process. Do not let starter motor hang from wire harness.
7. Remove solenoid wire solenoid terminal stud.
8. Disconnect battery cable solenoid wire from receptacle on starter solenoid.
9. Remove starter motor from transmission housing.

INSTALLATION
1. Position starter motor to transmission housing.
2. Connect battery cable solenoid terminal wire harness connector to connector receptacle on starter solenoid. Always support the starter motor during this process. Do not let the starter motor hang from the wire harness.
3. Install battery cable eyelet terminal onto solenoid B(+) terminal stud.
4. Install and tighten nut securing battery cable eyelet terminal to starter solenoid B(+) terminal stud. Tighten nut to 13.6 Nm (120 in. lbs.).
5. Position starter motor over stud on transmission housing.
6. If equipped with automatic transmission, slide automatic transmission cooler tube bracket rearward on tubes and into position over starter motor flange.
7. Loosely install the washers, bolt, and nut to starter. Tighten bolt and nut to 67.8 Nm (50 ft. lbs.).
8. Lower vehicle.
9. Connect negative battery cable.