LS400 Starter Replacement

So I had my Starter Replaced on my 93 LS400.
 
Your Probally asking yourself
 
 Why I need to make a Thread
about this???
 
Well Let Me Tell you the Starter is Under the Intake Manifold.
 
I had to Pay Over $500 Dollars in Labor to Replace a $200 Part.
 
 
 
[IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2hcp4ea.jpg[/IMG]
 
[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h24/JDMCHAT/LexusStarter.jpg[/IMG]
 
 
 
(Not my Dirty Car) but There the Starter is Sitting in the Middle. (Looks Like a Can)
 
You can Imagine that After you Remove the Intake Manifold
You May have to Drop the Transmission Just to Remove The Starter
Because of the Way Its Bolted in the Back. 
 
Lexus Service Repair Charges $1,200 to Replace a Starter.
 
I Paid Over $800

This sucks. My local shop charged me 500 total. I just didn't have time to do it.

i did it myself...boy did that blow.

yeah, it REALLY sucks that the 1uz was built thia way :(
 
starter in my gs400 is goin out....would rather just sell the car!

I hear ya.  About the only thing I could complain about on the car.

yeah, starters are a real pain.  i knew a guy who managed to do his starter without removing the intake, but it involved several extensions, tape, luck akin to that of george w. getting reelected the second time, and prayer to the car gods.

I dont believe he did it without taking intake off

[quote=Pure Drifter;242671]yeah, starters are a real pain. i knew a guy who managed to do his starter without removing the intake, but it involved several extensions, tape, luck akin to that of george w. getting reelected the second time, and prayer to the car gods.[/quote]
 
 
I have read almost every LS400 DIY Starter Replacement Guide on the Net
If It was possible to Replace the Starter without Removing the Intake Manifold.
I would have done the Job Myself, Instead of Shelling out So much Dough on
Towing Fees, Replacement Vacuum Lines and Gaskets... :slap:
 
Link to DIY Below
 
[URL]http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls400-forum/409467-diy-replacing-starter-plunger-contacts-diagnosis-all-in-one-photos-inside.html[/URL]

I have done 3 of them and there is physically no room to get the starter out because the intake is there so...

I did mine as well...worse than doing the timing belt and water pump by far (and that was bad)...6-8 hours labor easily.

No way you can do a starter on a V8 lex without taking off the intake. That job just sucks. Did on my old ls.

[quote=PureDrifter;242671]yeah, starters are a real pain.  i knew a guy who managed to do his starter without removing the intake, but it involved several extensions, tape, luck akin to that of george w. getting reelected the second time, and prayer to the car gods.[/quote]

bullshit asshole video or ban.