[SpookyZalost]

so my car broke saturday, then I spent most of monday repairing it with the assistance of a mechanic friend of the family.

have you ever tried to replace the starter motor on an early 2000's honda?

the intake manifold is right on top of it, and since I don't have a torque wrench with a variable torque setting I had to remove the starter without removing the manifold.

this was far from an easy task, requiring a lot of extensions to the ratchet wrench, including a flex extension bit to allow working at angles otherwise unreachable.

after about 6 hours it the task was finally done, it was a lot like trying to replace something INSIDE a rib cage without breaking the ribs first.

to give you an idea... that section there with the 4 metal tubes is the intake manifold.



I had to get behind there, and you can't get to it underneath the car, so after much working at it from both sides of the manifold I was able to maneuver it out from the manifold, sliding tubes out of the way with a lot of help from the mechanic.

so that was fun, but now my car works better than it has in a year