Provided you enjoy some electrical and mechanical skills and some tools all over the habitat, you can save chicamin by installing your Nissan Sentra's starter on your own. Allot the starter. The two most usual places for the starter in a Nissan Sentra is below the air duct on top of the transmission (which requires removing the air duct piping from the air box to the throttle entity) or underneath the Sentra on the low Chauffeur's side undercarriage, below the intake manifold between the firewall and engine where it meets the transmission. This would desire lifting the vehicle and crawling underneath to remove and exchange the starter. Depart there and gander for electrical wires.
Instructions
Replace a Starter on a Nissan Sentra
1. The residence of the starter Testament vary depending on the year and Engine. You may enjoy to stand the front foot of the Sentra up and crawl underneath, or you may single bear to remove the air duct from above to access it. Nissan has placed many contradistinct motors into the Sentra over the dotage, so you may acquire to consult the album to fix it. A acceptable principle to get is the starter has to be near the transmission flywheel, if on top or below.
2. Position the Sentra where you desideratum to in disposition to remove and alter the starter. Provided you demand to lift the front limitation, manage it up on the automobile ramps, application the parking brake and distance a spin chock behind a rear tire. Otherwise, remove the air duct piping to access the starter from above and skip Step 4.
3. Remove the negative battery cable from the negative battery terminal using a hand wrench or the ratchet and a socket once you've located the starter.
4. Crawl under the Sentra (on a creeper, if you have one) with the tools and the new starter or go to the engine compartment to remove the starter.
5. Disconnect the wire to the starter by removing the nut that holds it onto the stud using the ratchet and a socket. Remove the upper and lower starter bolts holding the starter to the engine. Remove the starter.
6. Install the new starter and replace the upper and lower starter bolts to secure it to the engine. Replace the starter electrical connection wire and tighten the nut with the ratchet and a socket. Reattach the negative battery cable to the negative battery terminal and tighten using a hand wrench or the ratchet and a socket. Remove the wheel chock and lower the Sentra, or replace the air duct piping in the engine compartment.
