Starter Motor Installation

[John Cody Forbes]

If you wear rubber gloves when working you can cut a finger off an old glove then after removing the battery cable from the starter slip the glove finger over the wire. Depending on glove size you might need a bit of tape to hold it in place. I do this on customer cars to avoid losing radio presets and whatnot. Just be careful.

-Cody (mobile)

On Dec 30, 2010, at 5:40 PM, "kneale at coslink.net" <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:

> The main power cable to the starter is heavy enough it may be difficult to
> avoid having it touch other metal in the area.  Disconnecting the battery
> is a valid precaution.
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Max Hoepli mhoepli at vif.com
> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:09:52 -0500
> To: quattro at audifans.com, audi_owners_usa at yahoogroups.com,
> w-t_audifans at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Starter Motor Installation
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> 
> I've read in the Bosch instruction booklet concerning the installation of a
> Bosch starter motor that the negative cable must be disconnected from the
> battery before de-installing the old starter motor or else damage to the
> electrical system of car may occur. True? As far as I know as long as the
> heaviest cable to end of solenoid does not touch anything on the car the car
> should be OK.
> 
> 
> 
> According to instruction booklet I should fill out the Bosch Ultimate
> Protection Plan within 7 days of buying starter motor and mail away to Auto
> Road Service Inc. Sherman Oaks, California. Mail-away card states there is a
> 24 hr roadside assistance. I am anyway a member of CAA which includes up to
> 200 km tow without extra charge.
> 
> I was told by my mechanic that the starter motor did not sound well when he
> cranked the car on. I bought the starter motor as a safety measure to have
> it ready. I might even install it myself if the weather is mild enough.
> 
> 
> 
> Patient: 1986 Type 44 Turbo Quattro, 311,000 km
> 
> 
> 
> Max
> 
> .
> 
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