Front or Rear wheel drive?It varies according to the year and whether it is front wheel or rear wheel drive. Please expand your question. front wheel drive where is the starter for the cadillac fleetwood 1990
Fleetwood Brougham is rear wheel drive. Cadillac Fleetwood is front wheel drive
Cadillac eldorado, corvarado
they are both RWD cars
Depends on whether the hearse is based on the DeVille (FWD) or Fleetwood (RWD)
Now if we're talking ft wheel drive Fleetwoods 1989-1993. If its the Fleetwood Brougham 1980-1992
The best option is probably to replace the entire starter.
The starter drive has broken, replace starter.
The starter drive is shot. Replace the starter and hope the ring gear isn't damaged.
That means the SPRING on the starter drive is WEAK. REPLACE STARTER.
# 1 on the distributor cap points towards the drivers side on your 4.1 liter - V8 front wheel drive Cadillac ( according to about . com )
Assuming the starter motor spins but doesn't engage to turn engine over to start you could have a bad starter drive which is part of the starter assembly or possibly damaged/missing teeth on flywheel ring gear. Depending on year and model vehicle, some starters you can replace just the starter drive otherwise you need to replace the whole starter.