Replace the starter in a 1994 Camaro V6 (207CID) AT

Unless you're using a mini starter, the most common replacement units are bulky and require more work to install than your manual would have you believe.  No pictures, but here's the method that worked for me.  Please use common sense and follow all safety procedures.  Proceed at your own risk!

1)  Disconnect battery cables and prepare yourself for the adventure...you're going to have some choice words for GM's engineers pretty soon.

2)  Raise car, support with jackstands, block wheels, etc.

3)  Remove the 2 bolts that secure the starter to the block.  Pull the snout out of the bell housing and, while being mindful of all the wires, carefully lower the starter and let it rest on the exhaust pipe.

4)  Here's the big secret:  remove the 4 bolts that hold the flywheel cover to the bell housing and remove it.  Unlike a C6's inspection hatch, this thing is massive and makes up the lower third of a normal bell housing.

5)  Getting a wrench to the solenoid from underneath is pretty much impossible.  So, using a socket wrench with adequate extensions, remove the solenoid & battery cables by snaking your wrench alongside the block.  It's a little tricky, but tilt the starter until you can reach the connectors with the wrench.  I used my right hand to move the starter and left hand to wrench.

6)  Remove the heat shield from the solenoid.

7)  Being mindful of the tranny lines and all the wires down there, rotate the starter so that the solenoid sits between the exhaust pipe and the transmission cooling lines.

8)  Tetris the starter out of there.  Basically slide it to the rear of the car and tilt its snout downwards.  While it's tight, removal shouldn't take very much force--if it hangs up on something, stop and see what the problem is.

9)  Have to say it, installation is pretty much the reverse of removal.  One exception--it's easier to put the flywheel cover back on and roughly line up the starter before reconnecting the power leads.  If you get lucky, you won't have to mess with shimming the starter.

I might have omitted some steps, but this should get you pointed in the right direction.  The whole process shouldn't take much more than an hour.  Feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any feedback or better tips.