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When you engender to exposure a periodic "click" when you turn the ignition interpretation in your 1988 Ford Convoy, you may accept a failing starter. You should convert a dangerous starter condign elsewhere to avoid a telephone to the Car club whether it Last of all gives gone completely when you're on the means. Many Car parts stores Testament trial your starter for you whether you remove it from the vehivle and bring it in. You can alternate the starter in your Convoy easily in your own driveway. Shop for a au courant starter from an Car parts retailer or Ford dealership.
Instructions
1. Uplift the hood of your Convoy and disconnect the antagonistic battery cable with a wrench. Isolate the cable so it does not contact the battery terminal while you are working.
2. Hoist the front of the Convoy with a jack and block it on a establish of jack stands. Remove the jack when the jack stands are secure. You will need to be able to work under the Escort to access the starter.
3. Slide under the Escort and locate the starter. Remove the wiring harness from the starter. Lift the retaining clip and pull the electrical connection away from the harness.
4. Remove the two bolts securing the rear mounting bracket to the starter, using a socket and ratchet. Tighten the bolts with a socket and ratchet. Replace the nut on the rear of the starter body and tighten it with a socket and ratchet.7.
Support the starter body with one hand while you remove these bolts with a socket and ratchet. Pull the starter body out of the engine compartment.
6. Line up the new starter motor and secure it by hand-tightening the two front-facing mounting bolts. Then securely tighten the bolts with a socket and ratchet. Attach the rear mounting bracket and secure it with the two rear-facing mounting bolts. Remove the nut from the rear of the starter, using a socket and ratchet, and remove the mounting bracket.5. Remove the two mounting bolts from the front of the starter motor.
Reconnect the electrical connection on the starter body. Press the connection into place until it clicks, locking into place.
8. Raise the car slightly with the jack so you can remove the jack stands. Lower the car to the ground and remove the jack. Test the operation of the new starter.
