Is there a good heat sheild to use

Put a meter on the battery and try to start it. CHeck the voltage during the time you try to start it. Should not drop below 11.5vdc.

The starter should have 2 large bolts and a wiring harness, go under your truck, find it and confirm what I have told you.

If you do it.

Disconnect the battery!
Disconnect the wiring from the starter/
remove the bolts slowly, the starter is heavy, note if any "shims" are between the starter and the engine.

Starters usually dont go that often, you may want to check your battery condition, remove the battery and take to your local Auto Zone or Advance Auto to have the battery check, with Auto Zone they will can alos hook up a code reader to see if you have any issues, that is also free.

best of luck hope this helped.

CHECK THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR POWER TO GAUGES TO SEE IF THEY WORK WHILE IGNITION IS IN THE ON POSITION.IF NO CHECK THE 40 AMP IGNITION FUSE.IF FUSE GOOD IGNITION SWITCH IS BAD OR HAS A LOOSE OR BROKEN WIRE.IF FUSE GOOD ALL GAUGES IS WORKING.I BE LOOKING AT STARTER AND STARTER SOLENOID.REMOVE THEM HAVE AUTO ZONE TEST STARTER.OR YOU CAN GET A REMOTE STARTER SWITCH AND SET OF BATTERY CABLES.HOOK BATTERY CABLES TO A BATTERY.WITH STARTER OUT OF CAR TAKE BATTERY CABLES HOOK NEGATIVE BATTERY TO STARTER BODY FOR GOOD GROUND.TAKE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE HOOK TO STARTER POSITIVE TERMINAL WHERE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE GOES.THEN HOOK THE REMOTE SWITCH RED WIRE TO STARTER POSITIVE TERMINAL AND THE OTHER REMOTE SWITCH WIRE TO THE S OR SWITCH TERMINAL ON STARTER SOLENOID.PRESS THE REMOTE SWITCH IS STARTER RUNS GOOD WITH NO FUNNY NOISES ITS GOOD IF STARTER DONT RUN THE STARTER SOLENOID OR STARTER IS BAD. THE PROBLEMS IN YOUR CAR COULD BE A BAD KEY TRY ANOTHER KEY YOUR CAR HAS THE THEFT DETERRENT MODULE SYSTEM BEST TO HAVE CAR SCAN TO CHECK THE THEFT SECURITY MODULE AND THE TRANSMISSION NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH IF ITS BAD STARTER WONT WORK.ALSO CHECK THE THEFT DETERRENT MODULE RELAY. BEFORE REMOVING BATTERY CABLES TURN OFF RADIO SO YOU WONT LOSE YOUR RADIO PLAYING CODE.

Disconnect the positive battery terminal. You'll need to remove the 3 bolts holding on the heat sheild to the starter, also remove the lower heat sheild on the exhaust manifold. You'll need diconnect to 2 wires attached to the starter and unbolt the 2 bolts holding the starter to the transmission/engine.

your have a wire shorting out, check the hot wire to the starter you replaced, chances are there is a bare spot on the wire and is grounding against the motor block

disconnect negative battery terminal, raise vehicle,remove splash sheild, if equipped. take wires off of solenoid on starter, remove starter mounting bolts, remember not to mix up wires!! --to install--put starter back in vehicle put in bolts,hook up wires, then replace cable back on battery.

If you haven't tried the key in the door, and make sure you turn it both ways, you'll need to get power to the vehicle. To do that your going to have to make yourself some small jumper cables. Get some small alligator clips from a parts store or Walmart or a home improvment store would have. It needs to be big enough to clamp on to a 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch nut. And needs to be long enough to reach under to the nut on the starter that holds the battery cable on. Put it on the starter nut first, then put something on a good ground on there as well. Then put it on the postive post of a good battery, then make sure you only touch the ground wire to the vehicle with the good battery to make sure your not grounding your postive wire anywhere. Once your sure its safe connect it and you should be able to have power on your SUV and can unlock the doors. If all else fails you might have to smash the grill to pop the hood manually to get in depending on the hood latch and pull device. I had to run the wire thing on a vehicle that had the keys locked in and the owner only had the remote for it. And had left the headlights on. Just be very careful if you try this.

Go to Auto Zone and have the starter tested. If it's good, then it could be the starter solenoid or one of the starter relays.

I would take your car to wal mart or auto zone and have battery tested 1st. Bad batteries can cause this too. This test is free, if your battery is good then you can remove your starter. Its usually on the bottom side of engine and usually has 2 bolts with wires that run from battery. You can follow big red wire from + battery terminal to starter. You can also have your starters tested for free at auto zone once removed.

good luck.

I bought mine at les Swabs and it wasnt cheap they are a deep cycle and ya dont wanna put in a standard battery they will drain and yall have a dead battery remove the cover and there is a brace holding it in place its a pain to get too but can be done.