Thanks for the vid, though it kinda avoids what I needed to see. I've been a shade tree mechanic all my life. Changing a starter, alternator, water pump, power steering pump, was a 1 hour job on the old V-8's from the 1960-70's. The Big Three auto makers, complained that they were shutting down auto centers, cause people could fix it themselves. They first changed the fasterners, which is why they came out with the torx bolts. The repair shops were the only ones that had those wrench's. Then, they changed up the way they built and installed motors, where a simple task now, like a starter, sitting right in front of your face, takes 6 hours to remove, and it only has 2 bolts. Totally sucks!!!... BTW dude, that "swivel" thingy is called a "universal joint".
Thanks bru. Great help. Had to press on the relay switch to start the car for some time and now smoke came out of it and doesn't want to start at all. I'm used to deal with Japan cars. This is like 10X harder to do on a Cadillac. Once again thank you. At least now I know what I'm dealing with.
@@Ochi2000 yea. I made a video about that too. I had to break the whole nut with the bolt off the converter and replace it with new nuts and bolts due to the extreme heat
@@Ochi2000 there’s a guy on UA-cam that did it without taking out the converter. I tried but couldn’t get it out. I would try first. You have to maneuver it at a certain angle to get it out
Brody, your videos done got me through a lot of maintenance on my STS. Now my AC compressor done went out and I just cannot find a video on your page. Any knowledge you can drop on this matter?
Dam have the exact same car and issue man I got a 06 sts v8. Just had mechanic do my alternator I thought he did a bad job but it looks like the starter is messed up too
Luchiano Laws man ! following one of the videos on here I replaced the relay first and dam thing turned on ! changing that starter was really freaking me out
Philly love baby.... aye I’m in Ga now and I copped a jawn...was wondering before the starter messed up was it affecting your ecm....like it rode funny?
Yea I changed it. The hardest part was drilling the new holes in converter to reattach it. Old bolts are rusted through and break when you try to take them off. I did it in a day.
That’s one of the problems of east coast they salt the roads because of the amount of snow and ice which results in rust underneath the car and yet they have no other way to deal with the snow when ice other than to destroy peoples cars… that’s our good old government By the way the swivel thing is called a universal joint similar to the way they call a U joint on a driveshaft
Yoo bul..u been helpful as shit last 2 years..im n philly too..i need starter as we speak..im stuck in kensington can i pay u to help me..shop talkin $560
Good video boss! Thank you for taking your time to educate us.
Thank you for the video. Dealership wanted too much we're going to try this ourselves.
Glad it helped
Thanks for the vid, though it kinda avoids what I needed to see. I've been a shade tree mechanic all my life. Changing a starter, alternator, water pump, power steering pump, was a 1 hour job on the old V-8's from the 1960-70's. The Big Three auto makers, complained that they were shutting down auto centers, cause people could fix it themselves. They first changed the fasterners, which is why they came out with the torx bolts. The repair shops were the only ones that had those wrench's. Then, they changed up the way they built and installed motors, where a simple task now, like a starter, sitting right in front of your face, takes 6 hours to remove, and it only has 2 bolts. Totally sucks!!!... BTW dude, that "swivel" thingy is called a "universal joint".
Thanks bru. Great help. Had to press on the relay switch to start the car for some time and now smoke came out of it and doesn't want to start at all. I'm used to deal with Japan cars. This is like 10X harder to do on a Cadillac. Once again thank you. At least now I know what I'm dealing with.
Not knowing is the hardest part for real
Question, did you have to remove the catalytic?
@@Ochi2000 yea. I made a video about that too. I had to break the whole nut with the bolt off the converter and replace it with new nuts and bolts due to the extreme heat
@@Luchianolaws.wireless Thank you. I was hopping I didn't have to. Good luck on your business ventures. I'm watching your other videos. 👍
@@Ochi2000 there’s a guy on UA-cam that did it without taking out the converter. I tried but couldn’t get it out. I would try first. You have to maneuver it at a certain angle to get it out
Thank you 🤙🏼
Brody, your videos done got me through a lot of maintenance on my STS. Now my AC compressor done went out and I just cannot find a video on your page. Any knowledge you can drop on this matter?
Dam have the exact same car and issue man I got a 06 sts v8.
Just had mechanic do my alternator I thought he did a bad job but it looks like the starter is messed up too
Luchiano Laws man they charging me 300$ all over Chicago just for the labor , i thought it was too much but they all say it’s too much work
Luchiano Laws man ! following one of the videos on here I replaced the relay first and dam thing turned on ! changing that starter was really freaking me out
Will it be in the same place for 08 sts v8 my car is doing the same thing mechanic trying to charge 350
I had same exact symptoms but new starter didn't work. Now trying the ignition switch
Philly love baby.... aye I’m in Ga now and I copped a jawn...was wondering before the starter messed up was it affecting your ecm....like it rode funny?
No. It happened out of nowhere
Nice video, were you able to replace it. if yes how long did it take.?♥
Yea I changed it. The hardest part was drilling the new holes in converter to reattach it. Old bolts are rusted through and break when you try to take them off. I did it in a day.
That’s one of the problems of east coast they salt the roads because of the amount of snow and ice which results in rust underneath the car and yet they have no other way to deal with the snow when ice other than to destroy peoples cars… that’s our good old government
By the way the swivel thing is called a universal joint similar to the way they call a U joint on a driveshaft
Question was it hesitant whn crankin at first whn the starter started to go????
Is it mounted to the block or transmission?
You didn't have to move their converter
Yea the left converter had to get pulled and I had to drill new wholes for new bolts in the converter to put it back on.
Yoo bul..u been helpful as shit last 2 years..im n philly too..i need starter as we speak..im stuck in kensington can i pay u to help me..shop talkin $560
I’m free Thursday
I have the exact same problem and u say forsure it was the starter ??
I'm doing this now want to but car
From Cadillac starter replacement
Lemon law
The sts v8 is under the manifold on the top
Thank you he should of said V6 😅