99 Nissan maxima 6 cylinder ? Auto Trans. Do i have to remove the motor to take out the starter ?

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Answer 1

No, it's probably one of the easiest starters to replace.

Remove air duct assembly.
Disconnect battery.
Disconnect starter harness.
Remove starter bolts (two).
Remove starter.

No need to go under the car. The hardest part would probably be breaking loose the bolts. BTW, make sure the ground from the transmission to the chassis is good. Those maximas get a lot of corrosion between the transmission bell housing and the engine. This increases the resistance for the starter circuit and is 90% reason why the starter craps out (good advice from nissan tech line). Putting an additional ground (alternative is actually partially separating the trans from the engine to clean the mating surfaces) from the trans to the chassis is good enough.

Answer 2

I have a 97. When I changed mine it was fairly easy. It helped a lot to remove the air intake hose and upper portion of the air filter box to make space to work. Just a few bolts and removing the cables.

I'm going to direct you to two sites you will find really helpful. The first has a step by step instruction with photos on how to replace a starter for a Maxima. The second has a forum with practically all answers possible regarding the Maxima. Enjoy.

Answer 3

I did my brothers 96 sentra, 1.6l with auto, make sure you disconnect the battery, on this model I had to remove the cross member and the rear transmission mount, also there is bracket for the rear trans mount the bolts to the trans that I had to remove, do this to have room to remove starter. The top starter bolt goes in on the trans side, the bottom one goes in from the engine side. Also there are two bracket that I removed just to make it easier to remove starter, good luck.

Answer 4

The flat rate time on removal and reinstallation of this starter is .9hrs. So I seriously doubt removal of the engine is nesecary. It may be a pain in the but becuse you will have to remove it from the bottom, but It can be removed without the removal of the entire engine.

Answer 5

I have never heard of a car that needed the motor removed to take out the starter. I would suggest checking out
http://forums.nicoclub.com
for more information.

Answer 6

As a mechanic I can say for a fact a big NO
That is a really dumb thing. Where did you hear that.?
I have never heard of a car where you have to remove the motor to replace the starter.

Answer 7

Of course not.

Take off the negative battery terminal.
Put the vehicle up on jack stands so you can get under it.
Remove the wires (2 or 3) off the starter.
Remove the three bolts holding it in place.
Remove the starter.
Reverse to replace it.

Answer 8

No, it's not nearly that hard. No special tools, but disconnect the battery and use good jackstands.

I think this is for a '93, but you can change the year http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/04/d1/44/0900823d8004d144.jsp

Answer 9

ABSOLUTY NOT! more then likely you may have to remove an exhaust pipe or a supension part at the most. without knowing exact engine size I cant give the proper procedure.

Answer 10

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