You Guys Are Good!
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You Guys Are Good!
My brother-in-law has a '96 4Runner. He said it wouldn't start and the shop wanted $250 for a starter and about another $250 for the labor. I asked him what was going on with it. He explained the typical problem... I told him to order the contact repair kit, and I'd fix it for him. I found this site right after he agreed to let me save him some $$. Thanks to the sticky by "Bob_98SR5" for making it a bit easier. It was 10 degrees in the garage where I did the work and chunks of snow and ice were part of the fun.
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
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I'll commend you on your service to your bro-in-law especially considering 10 degree weather. I'll further it by saying excellent first post, and thanks for searching. YT is glad to help.
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bravo! I spent my xmas in the garage, although it was only 30F but snowing at least! got my brothers truck tuned and finally running good after we finished a HG replacement!
=) cheers
=) cheers
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Glad it helped.
You can find other stuff from Bob over here:
http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.ph...26&board=118.0
You can find other stuff from Bob over here:
http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.ph...26&board=118.0
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See...they make these things called garage heaters... Just had to be a smart azz! I spent $100 on an LP garage heater and it keeps my 900 square foot garage at a pretty constant 60-70 degrees while I'm working out there. The down side is that 20 pounds of LP goes bye-bye pretty fast.
My bro-in-law says he's going to get me a garage heater. I must have been surviving on the Canadian blood, because he had to go into the house a few times to warm up. The pizza arrived just as I finished!
My neighbour will supply the propane, as he works in propane! Makes my summer life of BBQin' EZ!
I posted a link to this site from my local Mazda (what I drive) site in case any of them have Toyotas.
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Piece o' cake. I was a mechanic in the USAF. We learned a lot of tricks overseas to keep the vehicles running. On some starters, you can just flip the contacts around. We used the machine shop to make quite a few mods to keep things going.
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Heater?! I don't need no stink'n heater
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