Chris Eggleton
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Just finishing changing out the starter motor on my 3200GT. Quite frankly the manual is rubbish! The sequence of actions is wrong on many of the steps, and several pipes and connections do not have to be disconnected. I will do a step by step post soonest but basically,
a. the first step (not mentioned) is drain coolant; isolate battery (mentioned);
b. disconnect throttle body hoses
c. then follow the steps in the manual to disconnect the injector electrical connections, and loosen the bolts holding the inlet manifold to the block;
d. lift inlet manifold, fuel rails, and tag and disconnect the vaccum lines that are preventing you lifting the manifold off the engine, self evident, BLOCK the holes in the engine now revealed to prevent anything going into the combustion chambers
e. unbolt the water manifold from the block, again tagging and marking the hoses to allow removal from the engine;
f. now you can unbolt the starter motor, earths, and electrical connections;
g. clean the valley - it is full of broken electrical wire spiral covers and generall grit;
h. replace knock sensors (as required), apparently a good thing to do now you have come this far;
i. clean everything else, with degreaser, rags and a wet and dry vaccum;
j. reassemble using new parts, gaskets, as required.
a. the first step (not mentioned) is drain coolant; isolate battery (mentioned);
b. disconnect throttle body hoses
c. then follow the steps in the manual to disconnect the injector electrical connections, and loosen the bolts holding the inlet manifold to the block;
d. lift inlet manifold, fuel rails, and tag and disconnect the vaccum lines that are preventing you lifting the manifold off the engine, self evident, BLOCK the holes in the engine now revealed to prevent anything going into the combustion chambers
e. unbolt the water manifold from the block, again tagging and marking the hoses to allow removal from the engine;
f. now you can unbolt the starter motor, earths, and electrical connections;
g. clean the valley - it is full of broken electrical wire spiral covers and generall grit;
h. replace knock sensors (as required), apparently a good thing to do now you have come this far;
i. clean everything else, with degreaser, rags and a wet and dry vaccum;
j. reassemble using new parts, gaskets, as required.