Starter Motor: Installation: 3.5L
- Install starter and shield to vehicle. See Fig 1.
- Start the lower starter bolt. See Figure.
- Connect the solenoid connector to starter.
- Connect the positive battery cable to starter
- Relocate the front mount and bracket.NOTE: The front mount has an alignment pin. See Fig 2. Make sure that the mount and bracket line up together. The alignment pin goes toward the front of vehicle.NOTE: Make sure that the wire harness is in front of the front mount.
- Start the middle starter bolt
- Install the lower bracket bolt to engine block. See Figure.
- Install the lower bracket bolt to transmission.
- Tighten both lower bracket bolts.
- Lower engine. See Figure.
- Install the lower front mount nut and tighten. See Figure.
- Install and tighten the middle starter bolt. See Figure.
- Install and tighten the upper starter mounting bolt. See Figure.
- Lower vehicle.
- Install the upper nut to the front mount and tighten. See Figure.
- Install the coolant line clamp bolt. See Figure.
- Install the wiring harness clip to front mount.
- Install the radiator fan module. See Figure, (Refer to COOLING/ENGINE/RADIATOR FAN - INSTALLATION) .
- Relocate and install the upper radiator crossmember. (Refer to BODY/EXTERIOR/RADIATOR CROSSMEMBER - INSTALLATION) . See Figure and Figure
- Connect the negative battery cable.