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1995 sedan deville, will i be able to do this in my garage at my house. The exsauhst and intake manifolds, will I have to loosen or remove either one of them? This vehicle might be a 1997 also. The owner is not sure and I have not yet seen the car. Any help would be great. I replaced the stater on my 1998 Dodge Grand Caravan and had no problems. Could this prove to be more difficult?
Hi Greg,
"R" is 1995 and "T" is 1997 on VIN eighth number from end of public VIN reading from right (last) to left.
Please remember though, I am putting the year numbers from this old memory. 1990 was a "L" and "O" was not used because of confusion of a 0.
You would find the same story on your Caravan.
If you are doing a starter depending on corrosion, it's pretty simple on the Deville kind of like your Caravan. You shouldn't have to play around with intake at all and you should not have to do anything with exhaust.
Good luck!!!
Rob
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Rob Painter
Expertise
Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?
Experience
Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.
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