I'm trying to change the starter on my 95 f250 diesel but I can't get to the top bolt. Anyone have a suggestion.

 

Well thanks to the 11 people who took a look at my problem. I did finally get the starter off, the top bolt was very hard for me to get off because my hands are larger than the space I had to work in. All I needed was a long extention (same lenth as starter) and a 17mm shallow socket, I just had to remove all of the wires from the selinoid first (11/16 & 7/16 nuts). I know this all sound really stupid and straight forward, but it's difficult because the space is so small.

 

Sorry I missed this, things move a little slow down here in the basement during the day. Popular upgrade is to use a superduty starter.

http://www.fourdoorbronco.com/board/...stroke+starter

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