Re: [Amc-list] 327 Starter Removal

["KENT ANDERSON" <65marlin327@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well.... got it out.  Seems the exhaust manifold HAS to come off to do it.  So, if you have a mid 60s Classic/Ambassador/Marlin with a 327, and the starter has to be replaced, remember.... remove the exhaust manifold first.  Don't think you can get around it, unless you want to drop the sway bar, remove the trans cooler lines, etc.  Cut to the chase, and start unbolting the exhaust manifold.

First, that's just about the only way you're going to get that top nut off the bolt which passes through from rear to front.
Second,  there's just barely enough room to shift the detached starter around so the nose points straight up.  Have someone up there to receive it, so the two of you can manipulate it through the narrow space left between the head and the inner fender.

That's the bad news.  The GOOD news is, aparantly it's a very hardy starter.  The shop that rebuilt mine ($74 including tax... not bad) said it had every earmark of being the original starter, 43 years old, 107K miles.

So, that's the story on starter removal for the 327.  There's absolutely NOTHING in the TSM's about it.
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