It looks like I have a car much older than most of you, and it usually runs fine but is starting to show it's wear. I've driven a 1987 Honda Accord LXi for three years now, and about two months ago I changed my starter because it was giving me problems. The replacement starter was apparently the wrong part for the job and now two of my teeth on the flywheel are missing. To change it (the flywheel), I have to pull the transmission. My question is how..? I know it's going to have to come out the bottom due to it's design, and there is no way to get to that flywheel without pulling it out. It is an automatic, and the flywheel and starter are located on the passenger side of the vehicle. The car has nearly 170,000 miles on it, actually low considering it's age, but it isn't worth the $500 to bring it to a shop so if I can't do this myself I'm thinking I'll have to get rid of it.

Has anyone done this before? Could you offer some advice/instruction?