2ndcovenant
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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002ExplXLT 4x4 4.0L 6cyl
Hello folks,
My XLT has a no crank, no start problem. I tested the gas pump, which was replaced back in January 2016, and it seems fine. The relays are fine too. The alternator had gone bad (electrical shorting even showed black charring on it's outside) according to Pep Boys, so I replaced the alternator hoping that would solve the problem but it still only makes that fast clicking noise when I try to crank it. From everything I have read so far, next is to replace the starter. It was a pain in the tuckas to unmount but I have both electrical wires and the two mounting bolts off. Here's the catch though. I could not work on the starter from the top of the engine because it was so deep towards the bottom of the engine so I had to work on it from under the truck. The biggest problem there is that the truck died on an incline before I could get it to reach the ramps that I was trying to drive it up on and I can't get it to budge from the incline. Being on an incline also means that I can't get it up safely on jack stands without a Huge risk of the stands slipping. Sooo, I am having to work on the truck with my back on the ground and not much room. So far, I *have had enough room to do what I need to do luckily.
On to the actual problem. As I mentioned, I have the starter completely loose, BUT there is an engine mount directly under the starter, or at least that is what someone else here on the forums said that they thought it was. I can't figure out how to get it past the mount. It's really frustrating being *this close to being done and making my wife happy with a working truck again (lol) but a large metal shaft is in the way.
In another message someone mentioned possibly lowering the motor mount but I don't have tools to do that and I don't have another vehicle to get me to a store readily available.
If anyone has a suggestion on how to get this starter out through the bottom of the engine, I would greatly appreciate it. My arms aren't long enough to reach the bottom of the engine, and the starter, from the top of the engine and I have to put the wiring on to the new one from below the engine anyhow.
My XLT has a no crank, no start problem. I tested the gas pump, which was replaced back in January 2016, and it seems fine. The relays are fine too. The alternator had gone bad (electrical shorting even showed black charring on it's outside) according to Pep Boys, so I replaced the alternator hoping that would solve the problem but it still only makes that fast clicking noise when I try to crank it. From everything I have read so far, next is to replace the starter. It was a pain in the tuckas to unmount but I have both electrical wires and the two mounting bolts off. Here's the catch though. I could not work on the starter from the top of the engine because it was so deep towards the bottom of the engine so I had to work on it from under the truck. The biggest problem there is that the truck died on an incline before I could get it to reach the ramps that I was trying to drive it up on and I can't get it to budge from the incline. Being on an incline also means that I can't get it up safely on jack stands without a Huge risk of the stands slipping. Sooo, I am having to work on the truck with my back on the ground and not much room. So far, I *have had enough room to do what I need to do luckily.
On to the actual problem. As I mentioned, I have the starter completely loose, BUT there is an engine mount directly under the starter, or at least that is what someone else here on the forums said that they thought it was. I can't figure out how to get it past the mount. It's really frustrating being *this close to being done and making my wife happy with a working truck again (lol) but a large metal shaft is in the way.
In another message someone mentioned possibly lowering the motor mount but I don't have tools to do that and I don't have another vehicle to get me to a store readily available.
If anyone has a suggestion on how to get this starter out through the bottom of the engine, I would greatly appreciate it. My arms aren't long enough to reach the bottom of the engine, and the starter, from the top of the engine and I have to put the wiring on to the new one from below the engine anyhow.