You will know the wire is purple because the black plastic wire loom cover will crumble away in your hand. Use the same general gauge wire with a ring terminal on the end. TEST IT by removing the purple wire that goes to the top of the solenoid and installing a test wire long enough to reach the battery. Presumably you have found the starter by now. Make absolutely sure you actually do need a new starter because if you don't, you will slash your wrists after replacing the thing unnecessarily. Too high and you won't be able to reach the starter - too low and you won't be able fit under the damn thing. Raise the wretched lifeless hulk to about 18 inches clearance and set the front end on secure jack-stands. That said, it IS possible to do this yourself with ordinary tools, and here's how.ġ0mm 1/4 drive socket, 6 inch extension, 1/4 drive ratchetĮ16 3/8 drive Torx-ish kind of socket, 6 inch and 9 inch (I used a 6 +3) extensions, 3/8 ratchet.Ī friend who is a competent mechanic, and presumably unemployed or retired so they have all day to help you.ġ.ĝisconnect the negative terminal on the batteryĢ. The evil engineer who placed the starter - which, by the way, is TWO HUNDRED BUCKS at the local parts store - on the back side of the engine between the block and the firewall should certainly have been made to change one out personally, or at least be drawn and quartered. I'm posting this because my search here and elsewhere (like the Haynes Manual) yielded nothing useful about the specifics of starter replacement on the 3.0 Vue motor. has been an invaluable resource for me for many years (and yes, I am one of those guys who read but rarely post).
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