buy some tools or take it to a shop!
did you read the whole post? you should know better, beiing in the sticks.
Ok, one more time: Me beiing in the sticks in France, where a truck like this is Unobtainium, fabricated on Mars.
finding a mechanic who has more knowlidge from a truck like this is impossible, not because I know anything about this truck, defenitly not, but because there are hardly any mechanic to find here who knows auto gearboxes, and US trucks in general!
ok, rant over.
about those bolts, I'm happy I'm not the only one who thinks so. about the tools, I hope the local garage is open tomorrow, and I go borrow the correct tool. I thought it was a female 6 point bolt.
No the starter is not gone, I found on the www a small sort of check list saying what to do and not to do, that one mentioned to remove the starter as well.
The good thing of this is that I now know to look into this, just for the case if I'm on a road trip and the starter let's go I know and can change it. that's important to me.
Thanks for the usefull advices.