How to Replace the Starter in a Saturn L300
- 1). Park the Saturn on firm, level ground. Turn off all lights and accessories. Turn the ignition off and allow the engine to cool.
- 2). Raise the hood of the car and disconnect the battery's negative cable with a wrench.
- 3). Raise the car up with the jack and support it on jack stands. Remove the wheel trim from the right front wheel, using the flat-head screwdriver.
- 4). Loosen the lug nuts on the right front wheel with a lug-nut wrench. Remove the lug-nuts and remove the wheel.
- 5). Locate the starter mounted to the flywheel housing, on the right side of the engine, above the oil pan.
- 6). Remove the two electrical connection nuts with a wrench. Loosen the electrical harness bracket with a wrench and move it aside.
- 7). Remove the lower bolt from the starter assembly. Jack up the car off the jack stands, remove the jack stands, then lower the car to the ground.
- 8). Remove the upper bolt from the starter assembly. Move the starter out of the flywheel housing, move the starter away from the engine block, then remove it.
- 9). Reverse the disassembly procedure for reassembly. Tighten the starter bolts to 30 pound-feet with a torque wrench. Tighten the B+ cable nut to 80 pound-inches with a torque wrench. Tighten the S-terminal wire nut to 40 pound-inches. Tighten the lug nuts in a star pattern to 46 pound-feet, then tighten them in a star pattern to 92 pound-feet. Tighten the battery's negative cable bolt to 13 pound-feet.
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