1979 633csi starter change?

[aiirdude]

HELP I recently purchased a 1979 633csi . I have to change the starter on it, but a mechanic friend of mine is telling me that I will need to drop the engine to do this! Is he correct?

[xsperf]

no, hes not, it would be very nice and accessable if you did drop the engine, however it can be done(the starter for the 6 cylinders on all BMWS is very very similar) the way i suggest doing it is starting out with a LONG extension cord and pass it under the intake manifold