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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / January 2007Time to change the starter
I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. Taking a peek underneath on what tools I will be needing, I see unfamilair "bolts" holding the starter in place. They look like male Torx bits. What are these called so when I go looking for tools to remove them? Thanks. GB > I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > GB I would think that if they look like Torx bits they prob are, as there are sizes ranging from T-8 to T-55. Unless Dodge/Cummins uses a "special" bolt. >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > GB For lack of a better term, I would call them external Torx. Ken > >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Ken More like say an 8 point socket head? > > >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > More like say an 8 point socket head? ...or 12-point. They've been used in the past, on occaision. Bryan >> >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. >> > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > More like say an 8 point socket head? I believe that 8-point sockets are for square nuts and bolts. I have a set of Torx sockets that are for Torx-headed bolts. Ken >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. Are you sure it is the starter? Common problem can be at the cable lug at the starter. The drain hole in the boot get's plugged with crap and corresion set's in. Peel back the insulation at the lug and boot and see if that might be the problem. Roy > Taking a peek underneath on what tools I will be needing, I see unfamilair > "bolts" holding the starter in place. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > GB >>I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > > Are you sure it is the starter? Common problem can be at the cable lug at > the starter. The drain hole in the boot get's plugged with crap and > corresion set's in. Peel back the insulation at the lug and boot and see > if that might be the problem. No I am not sure I am positive. The selenoid has gone out and to delay changing it I ran 2 small wiresto it connected to a switch by passing the selenoid and jumping the starter motor directly. Now that is becoming unreliable. > Roy >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> GB >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >GB Did you try a sockect on them. It sounds like they are just 12 point bolt heads. beekeep > They look like male Torx bits. What are these called so when I > go > looking for tools to remove them? Nope - they're 12-point socket heads... any 12-point socket or wrench will grab them. IIRC, they're 10mm >> They look like male Torx bits. What are these called so when I > go >> looking for tools to remove them? > > Nope - they're 12-point socket heads... any 12-point socket or wrench > will grab them. IIRC, they're 10mm I would believe Tom. Thanks for the inputs...I have to take a run to Sears, I mean K-Mart... SearMart??? >I got to change the starter on my 2000 CTD. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > GB |
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