Modify a Two thousand one Ford Taurus Starter
The Ford Taurus debuted in 1986, and has been in Industry every year on account of then. The Two thousand one Ford Taurus came with two contradistinctive engines in the U.S. models. Remove the starter mounting bolts by turning them counterclockwise. Remove the fossil starter by Stirring it horizontally off the flywheel, then pulling it away from underneath the Taurus.
Installation
The flex-fuel "2" engine has bolts that mount and dismount vertically on the transmission housing. The eighth digit of the VIN is the referencing digit.Instructions
Removal
1. Lift the hood of the Taurus. Remove the consummate battery cable using a 3/8-inch handle ratchet and socket establish to loosen the aficionado on the cable. Remove the battery cable by plam once the cable peanut has been loosened.
2. Lift the front of the Taurus using a 2-ton jack or one with preferable power. Settle jack stands subservient the front sub-frame or "K-frame." The sub-frame is the narrow frame that holds the engine and transmission in the vehicle.
3. Distortion below the front bumper so that you can physically access the field equal remain the front bumper. Remove the splash shield tabs from the shield at the end the bumper. Appropriateness a flat-head screwdriver to pop the tabs outside. Removing this shield Testament accord you higher quality access to the starter.
4. Remove the sure (thick burgundy) cable from the starter by removing the hold-down follower using a 3/8-inch manage ratchet and socket, then remove the wire by handwriting. Remove the anti escort wire from the starter by removing the hold-down aficionado with a the ratchet and socket. Adding a 6-inch room Testament dish out you bigger maneuverability and spread when removing the hold-down stone on the con assign. Remove the abrogating wire by labourer.
5. Remove the two starter mounting bolts from the engine block using a 3/8-inch coerce ratchet, socket, and period. Both were 3.0-liter V-6s, however one engine (VIN: U) is a morals electronic fuel-injected engine, while the moment engine (VIN: 2) is a flex-fuel overhead valve engine. The starters on both of these engines mount the alike, with the exception of the mounting bolts themselves. The morals 3.0-liter "U" engine has bolts that mount and dismount horizontally on the transmission.
6. Control the fashionable starter near the mounting gap on the front of the transmission. Place the starter in position by installing it horizontally into the starter mounting gap.
7. Install the starter mounting bolts by help and turn them a hardly any times into the engine to receive them started to takings the majority of the weight off your arms while you Stop the installation. Tighten the starter mounting bolts using a 3/8-inch drive torque wrench and socket to between Sixteen and Twenty one foot-pounds of torque. Provided you are using an inch-pounds torque wrench tighten the bolts to between One hundred ninety two and Two hundred fifty two inch-pounds.
8. Install the dissension wire facade onto the dissimilar starter and tighten the hold-down follower. Conclude not over-tighten this nut. Snug the nut with a ratchet and socket, then turn the ratchet one quarter-turn. The torque specifications for this nut is only 1.2 foot-pounds. Install the positive lead to the starter and tighten the hold-down nut, using the same "snug-and-a-quarter" turn method.
9. Reinstall the plastic splash plate underneath the front of the Taurus, just behind the front bumper. Align the mounting holes and push the mounting tabs in with your fingertips. If you run into any resistance with a tab, remove the tab and double-check your alignment. If the tab still produces resistance, use the handle end of a screwdriver to tamp the tab into place. Make sure you reinstall all of the tabs that came out of the splash guard, or the guard can fall off while you are driving.
10. Raise the front of the Taurus off the jack stands and remove the jack stands from beneath the car. Lower the Taurus to the ground. Reinstall the positive battery cable to the battery and tighten the cable using a 3/8-inch drive ratchet on the cable tie-down nut.
