disconnect battery, get under passenger side of truck and take of the 2 torx head bolts (I had to buy a female torx socket to fit the bolt heads). That's the easy part, next comes snaking the starter up alongside the engine to the top where I could remove battery cable and solenoid wire.
reverse the order to install new motor, it takes a few minutes to connect wires and an amazingly long time to get starter into place. After that, a few seconds to install and tighten the two bolts and you are done!
motor locked or starter gone bad or low batt.
i believe the solenoid is part of the actual starter motor. you have to change the whole starter.
It can be done by lifting the engine up.
Will a 1992 Dakota truck motor fit into a dodge truck 1999 Dakota?"
if its the same size motor it will.
2006 dodge stratus 2.4 XST, the crank sensor is located under the starter motor, must be removed the starter motor in order to change this, just now I did that job
how to change starter
How do I get to the flywheel bolts on a 98 dodge dakota to remove a transmission
inside of motor
No
10w30
At minimum, removing the engine mounts is required to access the freeze plugs.