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Some call it a "pneumatic chisel bit" some call it a starter removal tool. You decide...

It's your classic 2005 f-150, with the big five four. You can see: she's a new york edition and a snowplow two of the best combinations ever needs a starter, and anybody that's done. One of these little fellas knows that that top starter bolt will make you lose your religion, no matter what it is. However, astro tools now makes a bit for removing the starter.

It's this one right here: it's the 18 inch long, shank, 498, pneumatic, chisel bit and big nasty, because when you're done trying to get to it, you just take the starter out.

100 thoughts on “Ford starter… i’m done asking #shorts”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nate Jones says:

    Every 4.6 and 5.4 I've ever owned donated that top bolt to the mixed bolt bin. 2 was enough

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! Friebe1000 says:

    Stop tellin everyone all the secrets we gotta make money off these jobs still

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MDP1 says:

    i say there i wasn’t asking your coming out of there right now or im getting the chisel 😂

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars HarryT9 says:

    Core Delete

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Smith says:

    Did one in 30 degree weather. I think it took few hours trying to figure out the right angle to stick my hand to get to all the bolts.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tony Day says:

    Knee slapper. Thanks for the grin.

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryan Etzel says:

    When Eric puts on overalls, things get done……. Just Sayin'.

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Shiver2002 says:

    I don't think that starters going back for the core.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Toy says:

    I want to see the video

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ` says:

    Napa: "Sir, not only are you not getting your core back, we are now really not going to sponsor you"

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael B says:

    😀 I love stuff like this. Thanks, Eric!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars jake tynan says:

    I just put an engine in one of those trucks and I hated every second of it. Everything was ridiculous and overkill and poorly designed

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Travis C says:

    Damn!!!! That sucks!! I guess you ain't getting the core charge back?
    That Ford isn't like all the rest? You have to use like 20 extensions and fish it through the suspension, to get to the top bolt..lol..On the upside, it didn't beat you!!

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ` says:

    "Well what do ya want me to do, lady? Break it off?" Yes..

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ronald Anderson says:

    I hope that china made aftermarket starter last long enough to get it out your door that Kia Sedona starter comes to mind oh Astro tools make us some new politicians gas and diesel prices are killing us

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 61 Rampy says:

    I recall a similar arrangement on the old 390/428 FE Fords with a 3 bolt starter. I got those out with a 2' extension and 2 wobblies.

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars CC&Z says:

    I just want to know if Nappa accepted that core….

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars adrian sims says:

    Is it me or the top of the truck is touching the top of the lift?

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nick M. says:

    Oh Jesus. Wtf.

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jay Russell - '02, LB7 Duramax says:

    I had to change the starter on my 2002 5.4 Triton Expedition in a parking garage when it left me stranded after my second day of work… That bolt is BRUTAL! I got it out, though.

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Endelt1 says:

    Lost my religion years ago 😂😂😂

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pantherman1979 says:

    Ironic, working on a Ford Fusion myself; brake job. Those rear screw in calipers are a pain in the #$%&. I can't see a reason that Ford made them other than to give the middle finger to anyone that's not a dealership.

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dustin Committed says:

    He aint getting that core deposit back

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rodney Middleton says:

    That's the best idea!!!

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ToughAncientSpark says:

    Lol. If it won't come off in one piece, it'll definitely come off in a lot of pieces!😂😂😂

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars gatewaysolo104 says:

    Fantastic. My dad has one sitting with a dead starter which I will inevitably have to fix soon…

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jordan M says:

    😂🤣🤣

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars M Lieser says:

    Don't forget the magic words (four letter ones)!

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MrShitrope says:

    well eric their goes the core refund!!! lol

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars huzudra says:

    I take it you don't have to worry about a core fee on the starter.

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DE💵FUND ALL BILLIONAIRES says:

    Step one…..
    "Remove starter from bolt"

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Panther Platform says:

    Works on crown vics too

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars robert w says:

    Yeah my truck still doesn’t have that bolt installed 2 years after replacing the starter, I can verify it isn’t necessary…

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Walker Holmes says:

    It's gotta be an optical illusion but the top of that truck tools smashed against the roof

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jared Tate says:

    Hahhahaha “you’ll lose your religion “

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Dan's Learning Curve says:

    Perfect!

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars kickazz 12 says:

    I had to do one of these in a f350 and boy I had to leave half way getting it out get some lunch and come back to finish cause it was pissing me off lol

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kerry Mullins says:

    LOL!!

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffrey Lebowski says:

    Literally just struggled through the top bolt last night on a 2008!

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Waccoon says:

    Even better than I expected. I can totally understand why there's no footage of the carnage. 8)

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars GLC522 says:

    there goes that core

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Keith Anderson says:

    That was Awesome!

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike P says:

    LOL! Best starter removal… EVER! lol

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff Clark says:

    When I started out I would pop the belt and then compressor loose from the engine. Just to get to the top bolt on my grand marquis. Now I can get em without but I feel ya

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Potmesil says:

    Why do they do this to us? I changed the starter on an ‘87 Ford Ranger in a parking space, in the dark, by feel, at about 20 degf…..no problem! Your last video changing the alternator caused me emotional distress!

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike C says:

    Is it just me or does it look like roof caved in?

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars nathan freeman says:

    Hmmmm that I feel is a bit overboard

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jerry Moore says:

    So what does the new one look like? Did you use the magic silver paste on it.

  49. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike TeeVeeDub says:

    Does Astro make a chisel bit for putting the starter back in?

  50. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David evans says:

    Haha..love it.!!,

  51. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars The Young Capitalist says:

    Haha! I've found myself in similar shoes.

    Respect.

    Recently I removed a blower motor with the help of a mini sledge after I found that the last screw had a stripped head.

    Was coming off anyways lol

  52. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Daniel Whetzel says:

    I have actually had luck getting the 2 easy bolts out and wedging a chisle between the trans and starter and cracking the top ear off of the starter. Have done it more than once when I did transmissions.

  53. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Boone County Generators says:

    Well it would have been nice to know how you're going to put the new bolt in with the new starter.
    John Deere tractors from the late '70s and '80s had an impossible starter bolt, and Snap-On made a special wrench to deal with it. I borrowed one from a mechanic friend, bought a cheap 9/16 open end wrench, and with the help of a torch I made my own.

  54. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars efren barrera says:

    Wtf thru the roof?

  55. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars robert mccully says:

    You still have to put the bolt back in.

  56. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DapimpBDSD says:

    When I saw "pneumatic chisel bit", I knew that starter no longer existed

  57. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars DapimpBDSD says:

    I did one on a 2500 dodge with the Cummins, and I had to put the truck on the lift, position on socket with a 20in extension. Then I had to climb on top of lift so I could attach my ratchet and break loose the bolt. Not too difficult BUT the kicker is that I was joking around with my Buddy and said " imma use this 20in extension to remove that starter" as a joke and well, it ended up happening

  58. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Charlie Crown says:

    🤣🤣🤣

  59. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars x xx says:

    Or smash the crap out of it with a hammer

  60. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chef Eric says:

    Needed the bolt, broken starter was in the way. Was….

  61. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John D S says:

    so you distroyed the starter housing?

  62. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars FSU 378 says:

    Ah the old 3 valve 5.4 f150. Throw it away now to get ahead of a drained bank account!

  63. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Yehor Naumov says:

    Fuck yeah
    Ones did 3 in one day

  64. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars griff Hall says:

    😆😅🤣😂😂😂

  65. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars MetalSurgeon says:

    When all else fails, percussive maintenance?!

  66. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars rizzodtheRCvlogger says:

    when you make the video for this one just leave the cussing in it and bleep them out, i always think a lot of bleeps is hilarious

  67. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Steve Polk says:

    I've done 4.6 with the top bolt use a swivel and extension 13mm socket and a rachet,40$ 60$ core destroyed

  68. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars glennb2006 says:

    Man alive – that's rough! The rumour is that the most eligable bachelor in New York would'a had them bolts unscrewed in no time.

  69. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Martin Connor says:

    C4 will remove anything.

    Question: Over the years, you must have seen each manufacturers attempts to modernize the Pickup Truck. Have the actually changed any of the running gear, or have they just added more and more complexity to the ancillaries and tried to kid us it is new?

  70. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregory Crowder says:

    6 inch extension,deep 3/8 10mm socket and a rachet is all thats needed to get that top bolt out.. you slip in from just in front of the starter before the motor mount i believe and slip the socket and extension towards the bolt and reach up with your other hand and guide the socket onto the bolt.. then rachet it out.. i usualy fish the socket and extension first and once on the bolt i put the rachet on the extension.

    the key is you need an extension and socket combo that bring the extension to the back of the starter but not long enough to hit the motor mount making it impossible to get out.. the end of the extension should JUST be at the back of the starter motor case.

    if the bolts stripped or rusted out.. DO WHATEVER NEEDS DONE TO GET IT OUT LOL

  71. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Long says:

    If you can't get to the bolt, make a way.

  72. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 1956fink says:

    Color me slow. Took me a 2nd view to comprehend.

  73. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Thomas Martin says:

    I tried to remove a starter in the same kind of truck in my friends driveway….it didn't happen, and I'm pretty good after 40+ years of wrenching. It was sent to a shop with a lift, and they also had a hard time…I will never own a Ford, LOL.

  74. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gunner S says:

    The 5.4 was so poorly designed that it started to rub off on all the bolt on parts around it, thus causing their designs to be compromised in the process 😂

  75. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars F C says:

    What about the core?

  76. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tom fleming says:

    It can't be stuck if it's a liquid! LOL, love this!

  77. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Black 1 says:

    AWESOME.

  78. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bobby Orr Sr. says:

    I am lucky to not have had to do a starter on a Ford pickup. But know me I would have to go to confession. I hope I have not jinxed myself.

  79. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Hola! Daveunruh says:

    I think the nerves saved is well worth the core charge. Better yet, Sell them a new starter.

  80. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Eugene Polan says:

    Do I hear that you are sayin' that busting up and then replacing a starter, that was probably past its "Best used by" date, is cheaper than sessions with a therapist?

  81. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris West says:

    Go ahead, send that starter back for the core.

  82. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike C says:

    still better than having the chance of a broken block where the starter mounts, Chevy

  83. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars GTCGreg says:

    Did you return the core?

  84. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tiny_Fox says:

    Honestly… when I watch your video's I understand that you have to keep a lot of your word's choice for the family friendly screw you over Algorithm that is youtube~ But that made me laugh.. cause you know what.. as you said in a lower comment you can only allow that rage to build for so long before you just gotta.. and at some point it goes beyond Asking your telling it.. lol Hope you have a decent weekend Mr.O

  85. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BS says:

    As a former NY municipal mechanic every day was an air chizzle day. I have removed many piece by piece with a torch.

  86. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Amritt Villa says:

    ROFL

  87. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 09corvettezr1 says:

    Can’t wait to see you put it back in with said chisel bit

  88. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars James Kim says:

    LOVE IT… YAK YAK YAK ~~~~~

  89. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dan man says:

    so much for starter core

  90. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ryan S says:

    It’s your classic crappy Ford that’s built with crack head engineers

  91. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars ab bush says:

    Looks like an Ontario Ford LOL !

  92. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Santos says:

    It will make you sing a certain R.E.M. song.

  93. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dpeagles says:

    Haha. You are a trip.

  94. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tony Solar says:

    I'm intrigued, tell me more.

  95. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Salvador Sacramento says:

    ahora si te pasaste ese JAJAJAJA!!!😅🤣😂😂😂😂😅🤣😂😂😂

  96. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars GlassVial says:

    I think Astro needs a "NY Edition" tool line.

  97. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Joseph Marino says:

    I did one of those once. You need two different extensions. Two different impact swivels the starter end with the built-in socket. You have to get on the bolt with a swivel swing the extension over away from the starter. Add another impact swivel connected to the second extension and put on a long ratchet. What you've effectively done is made an offset or a Z extension. You've helped me with some of your comments I'm giving you one back. Many years ago a friend of mine told me he was going to do a job on somebody's car and change the starter. He told me what kind of car and I laughed at him. I told him he would have trouble he didn't believe me he called me up whining he could not get to the starter bolt. I sent him to Sears. Remember that place… I sent him for impact swivels long extensions 12-16" I don't remember. And that offset brought the rear Ext. forward over at an angle and then forward over and straight again toward the front of the truck. If done correctly the ratchet and the rear extension are in line with the bolt head properly in line with the engine. After spending many hours the wrong way he did it my way and it worked out very well.

  98. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Troy Built says:

    Perfect timing. Last night I was helping a guy I know that was changing a starter on an F250 5.4. It's a plow truck also and the core was rusted through a couple of spots on the solenoid.

  99. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars 300DBenz says:

    I’ve never had enough trouble with that particular bolt to nessitate disturbing Thor .498 from his slumber…

  100. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Num Ber IV says:

    Probably the best tool for any Ford.. just saying

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