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The new (rebuilt) Denso starter came in so we got that installed. I wanted to show a pic of the T-bar tool being used to tighten the 14mm bolts. You can see how we slipped the bar between the engine and firewall. You have to wiggle a little to get it started onto the ends of the bolts but its not hard. The socket clears the EGR pipe without removing anything(no wiring removal, no water bridge removal). Pretty slick. You may need to push the socket off the bolt with a screwdriver when you want to remove the tool. Now, with the new starter installed, there was no way I was going to begin re-installing the manifold before we at least did some test on the starter. So, with the starter main terminal lug wired in but with the starter solenoid terminal connector off, we reconnected the battery in the car. I took a long test wire with alligator clips on both ends and clipped onto the exposed solenoid terminal. Then touched the other end of the wire to the (+) positive of the battery just briefly. The starter took off and cranked the engine over. That's a good thing. You do NOT want to try cranking the starter via the key because you will energize the fuel pump and have gas all over the place. We are now ready to put this baby back together.