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First, unhook the battery. Changing a starter on a Bus is much more difficult than it is on any other aircooled VW. It shouldn't be because it's a lot easier to get to the starter, but it is because the 17mm nut that holds the top bolt in, is all the way at the front of the engine compartment. (Back is where the door is.) If your Bus is 1972 or newer you don't have to work around the fan shroud because there isn't one--you just have to bypass the carbs or FI system. 1971 and older, you get to work your wrench around the fan shroud. Whatever you have to do to get a 17mm box wrench back there, you do. Anyway, once you've removed the nut from hell, it's not hard to get the starter out--it's on the right side of the transmission. There's one more bolt holding it in, plus the battery and bendix wires. Remove all those, pull out the old starter, insert a new one and..."installation is the reverse of removal."
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