Have a 2003 Pont Vibe changing starter removed one bolt (frnt right) but still won't budge. Where is other bolt(s) located??

Alot of vehicles have their starter relay (solenoid) bolted right on the starter. Follow the big red wire from your battery right to it.

If there is a problem it will e with electrical connections and sensors. Change the engine /gear box as an assembly

I'm assuming you have the parking brake off right? You need a rubber mallet and start taping all around it to break it free it will come off.

Remove the water pump assembly to the timing chain housing bolts (2).

2. Remove the water pump.

3. Remove the water pump O-ring.

IMPORTANT:

The drive belt tensioner must be unloaded and the drive belt removed

before the water pump is removed.

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try starting it in neutral , may be a bad neutral starter switch

Hello smperfi1995,

Ok, you found the easy bolt the other bolt is accessed form the engine compartment. It's below the throttle cables, see the image below.

I hope this helps.



Regards,

netvan

follow your positive battery wire at the other end the starter is connected it has two bolts holding it against the motor 15mm socket should do the job

The haynes manual isnt really much help with actually locating the starter. I know because i got the haynes manual to try and find the starter on my girlfriends 2000 focus. It tells you how to change it but not where it is located. I just changed the starter so ill give you the rundown. Underneath your car right where the headers connect to the exhaust there will be a black metal plate with 4 bolts about 4 inches wide and 6 inches long. The starter is behind that barely visible. Once you remove that metal plate you can clearly see the bottom of the starter with the starter solenoid on top. There are 3 bolts on the starter but you will only see the head of one bolt from the bottom. DO NOT remove that bolt first. Go to the top of the engine and remove the air hose from the air filter box. You will see 2 bolts that connect into the right side of the starter brace. It is a very tight space but once you get the bolts off now you can go underneath the car and hold the starter while you remove the last bolt. On my 2000 focus the wires dont give you much room for it to drop. My starter only dropped about an inch so you wont have much room to work with the wires which are located on the top of the starter at the right side of the solenoid. The wires lead into a plastic harness with 2 nuts on the right side of the plastic wire harness. Good Luck.

hi this is located on the right hand side of the engine on top of the transmission, the best way to locate it is to follow the + lead from the battery and on the end of that will be the starter motor....hope this helps

front center of engine, it's really small
Starter works off an electrical relay under te dash, driver's side fuse fuse/relay panel. I