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How to Replace a Starter on a 1987 Honda Prelude

The 1987 Honda Prelude might have a direct-drive starter or a gear reduction starter mounted to the engine. Regardless of the starter mounted on your Prelude, the differences are internal and the process for removing and replacing the starter remains the same. A starter turns the flywheel when you turn the cars key, and this helps your engine to start. When the starter fails, your Prelude will not start.

Instructions

1

Disconnect both battery terminals, starting with the negative terminal. Use a wrench to loosen the nut on the clamp, and pull the terminal off the battery.

2

Disconnect the large black and white cable form the starter motor by pulling it off the connector.

3

Remove the nut that holds the starter wire onto the starter solenoid. On the Honda Prelude, the solenoid bolts to the right side of the starter. The wire bolts to the top right of the solenoid on the gear reduction starters and on the bottom right on the direct drive starters. Use a wrench to remove the nut, then pull the wire off the solenoid.

4

Remove the engine wiring harness from the starter. Certain engine and transmission combinations have a clip that holds the engines harness onto the starter. If equipped, remove the harness from the clip.

5

Remove the two bolts that hold the starter onto the engine with a wrench, and remove the starter from the engine.

6

Place the new starter against the engine, and tighten both bolts to 32 foot-pounds with a torque wrench.

7

Reconnect the engine wire harness to the clip on the starter, if equipped. Plug the black and white wire into the starter motor, and secure the starter wire to the solenoid with the nut and wrench.

8

Reconnect the battery terminals, starting with the positive terminal.