It was about 12:00pm, and I was sitten at the house hungry. So I get in my PU and turn the key... "click"... cricket, cricket, cricket...

try again... "click"... cricket, cricket, cricket...

The first thing I though was my battery(s), which would have sucked, considering I have 2 Red-Top Optima's; that would have been a $300 purchase...

So I tried to jump-start it off my sister's Focus; no go...

So then I just figured starter. I had no idea how old it was, so I figured anything's posible.

So I jack her up and pull the tire off, remove the little metal access panel on the side, reach in to check the cable on the starter to make sure it just wasn't loose, and when I wiggled it, the whole freak'n starter wiggled!!!

So I just figured ah screw it, I'm not taken the risk. So I called up the parts house to make sure they had a new stater, and they did, $60 reman with a lifetime warranty, so I had em sit it out and hold it for me. I would have rather had a new one, but they would have had to order it, and I needed it right away, as I have to leave to work at 6:30am tomorrow.

I then started the task of removing the old one. The bottom bolt was stupid tight, despite being able to wiggle the starter around but the top bolt I didn't even need a ratchet to unscrew off!

Contrary to what I've heard, it wasn't that hard to get out. I've heard stories of the starters on the 22re's being a major PITA, but if you pull the tire and that access panel out of the way, it's pretty straight forward.

Slapped the new on in, bolted it in with some new lock-washers on both bolts and she fired right up!

Job well done!

Anywho, I just thought I tell about my experience from today

 

Did you ever get any lunch?

 

Ya, what about the food?

 

x2, lol.

 

OH YES!!!

I originaly was just gunna get a greasy McDonalds burger or something, but after going through that, I treated myself to Sonny's BBQ drive through

 

Excellent, you deserved that after that surprise! Glad the rig is up and running and you are well fed!

 

well thank you

me as well!

 

wish i had a bbqplace drivethru!
sounds delicous!

 

Nah, what you want is a drive through beer barn with a bbq sandwich shop inside. That would be heaven.

Congrats bleeder, better to find out today than tomorrow morning before work.

 

all i got a tim hortons on every block.. and they dont even make there donuts anymore they ship them in frozen

we dont get sonic,checkers,whit castle,jackin the box or in and out burger. NOTHING WE GET NOTHING

you would think with all the stoners they would have some decent fast food..

 

haha, yeah, thanks buddy!


and I just thought about something a minute ago, just as I was stepping out of the shower... I bet the starter was good and it just didn't have a good ground cause the sum-beach was hang'n off the motor

oh well... peice of mind I guess

 

So you're such a Toyota freak that you thing about the damn things in the shower? Partner you need to find someone to talk to...........

 

Yeah you would think, the fast food industry could thrive up there.

 

I bet you any money it was the starter contacts inside the starter..
should checked thoese first

 

 

Hah! Its a fun job thats for sure. I pulled and rebuilt one on a 22re, not to hard. Just time consuming...

 

takes me under 10 minutes to pull a starter now... you didnt give them yur denso starter for a rebuilt did u??its worth more as a core than they give you!!!

 

lol, well the thought just popped into my head

no, it appear's it's been replaced in the past... not the original... if it were the original Denso, I may have tried to rebuild it myself...

 

Psst. Rebuild your old one if it was OEM and throw that reman one away or take it back.

 

unfotunately I didn't have that option... sometime in the last 19 years the starter has been replaced with an AutoZone one