Today we’re going to replacing the starter in a 2007 Honda Accord.
This is the V6.
The starter is right down inside of there.
You can see that brown ooze kind of coming out of it.
Basically what’s going on is that the whole car will start – like all the lights will
turn on, the radio will turn on and everything.
So it’s not a battery issue.
But the car itself won’t turn over.
It won’t start at all.
So what I’ve done so far is I’ve disconnected the battery because when I’m disconnecting
the leads from the other side of the starter I don’t want any sparks back there.
Then I have my 17 millimeter socket and that is going to take off the bolt on top and on
bottom.
As you can see on the replacement starter: top, bottom.
Basically how the starter works is that when you turn your key it gives electricity to
the starter and this part pulls out and starts spinning and this is what cranks your engine.
So as it spins it cranks the engine and then it will go back in as soon as you let off…as
soon as you let off your key.
If you’ve ever tried turning your ignition while your car is still running, this will
spit out and grind a little bit inside the engine.
So that’s what is happening when it makes that noise.
Amazon is a great place to buy replacement starters.
I’m going to go ahead and link a replacement starter for this car in the video description
below, so go ahead and click that and check it out.
They are pretty cheap and Prime gives you fast shipping.
It’s not a bad deal.
So basically what I’ve done is I’ve attached the ratchet to the bolt at the bottom and
I’ve taken another wrench and set it on the handle like that.
Then I took a third wrench and laid it right here and pressed down on both sides of it
with my hand, pressing it down, and that’s what turned the wrench down there.
It gave me enough leverage to do that.
And then with that top bolt right there, I have the wrench hooked up to it and then I
just took another wrench, stuck it down into the top of that and it gave me enough leverage
to pull the whole thing off just by doing that.
Also if you want to make your life a heck of a lot easier, just go ahead and take that
black battery plastic box out.
And that will give you a lot more room to move the connections and remove the starter
itself.
This little guy right here, I’m just going to take that and wiggle it off.
This one right here with the rubber piece is a 12 millimeter.
And then now that the bolts are done the little thing should just come off.
Ok so on the back side of the starter there’s this big anchor right here and that is a 12
millimeter.
And then this one right here just pops off like I showed you before.
Then this one will stay on because that’s what connects the motor to the control.
Alright time to put the new starter back in.
The short bolt goes up at the top and the freakishly long bolt goes down at the bottom.
As a side note when you’re tightening down the power connections again, this bolt right
here can’t take a whole lot of torque so you want to make sure that it’s tight and
snug but you don’t want to put all of your weight into it, otherwise that bolt or this
solenoid will snap completely off.
So…but it’s definitely not going to go anywhere so don’t be too afraid.
There you go.
If you have any questions make sure to leave them down in the comments below.
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I will list all of the parts that you’ll need in the video description below.
So just take a look down there if you need the starter or any of the tools.
And let me know if you need anything else; I’ll put it there as well.
Thanks for watching!