raphytaffy

Thanks all. Here's a video of me putting the new starter in and reassembling everything (please ignore the overtightening of bolts):

Maybe this will be of use to someone in the future. Cheers!

speedkar9

Thanks for the video.

Wow you really wrenched those bolts down hard. You're lucky they didn't break. I broke a bunch of bolts on my 05 ES when doing the timing belt and it wasn't pretty.

I got scared for a second when you stepped back at 3:10 after installing the starter and heard a car start up... I thought you started the car up without a battery or air intake!

raphytaffy

Yeah, I think I actually broke one of the bolts on the air inlet. It just spins continuously now. I need a dummy's guide to which bolts should be tightened as much as possible and which bolts should be tightened just enough.

I got scared at the 3:10 mark too! Heart skipped a beat for a minute.