Finally! She starts every time!!
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Finally! She starts every time!!
I finally gave up the hard way and just fixed the problem. It would Not crank very randomly, but I could jump it, and it would crank everytime.
After rebuilding starter, rebuilding alternator, adding grounds, upgrading to bigger cables, Red Top Optima battery, and nearly 3 years of trying everything to get my truck to crank and all I had to do was this.
After rebuilding starter, rebuilding alternator, adding grounds, upgrading to bigger cables, Red Top Optima battery, and nearly 3 years of trying everything to get my truck to crank and all I had to do was this.
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Something else to check...
In the 1990's new car dealers were installing starter disable "Prolock Anti-Theft" units on all vehicles, wanting to charge about $100 more for it. If the vehicle buyer didn't want it the dealer would superglue the prolock key in the socket and break the head off, leaving the thing in place instead of removing it. Years later lots of people were chasing problems with starters when the problem was the prolock having a bad connection. It's usually mounted on the lower dash above the gas pedal and looks like an SD card reader.
In the 1990's new car dealers were installing starter disable "Prolock Anti-Theft" units on all vehicles, wanting to charge about $100 more for it. If the vehicle buyer didn't want it the dealer would superglue the prolock key in the socket and break the head off, leaving the thing in place instead of removing it. Years later lots of people were chasing problems with starters when the problem was the prolock having a bad connection. It's usually mounted on the lower dash above the gas pedal and looks like an SD card reader.
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No you did not; you only masked the real problem, and now your truck has a push-button start like a Prius- J/K - LOL!
Where did you connect the switch? To the starter solenoid?
What other symptoms did you observe?
1) Did you hear the C.O.R. click behind the glove compartment but did not crank?
2) Where did you connect the switch? To the starter solenoid spade connector (here)?
3) And now it consistently cranks?
If yes to 1, 2, and 3, then your truck absolutely has the flawed wiring that Toyota DID and even documented, like Wallytoo mentions ^^. REAL fix, not band-aid, is on my sig.
Where did you connect the switch? To the starter solenoid?
would Not crank very randomly, but I could jump it, and it would crank everytime. After rebuilding starter, rebuilding alternator, adding grounds, upgrading to bigger cables, Red Top Optima battery, and nearly 3 years of trying everything to get my truck to crank and all I had to do was this.
1) Did you hear the C.O.R. click behind the glove compartment but did not crank?
2) Where did you connect the switch? To the starter solenoid spade connector (here)?
3) And now it consistently cranks?
If yes to 1, 2, and 3, then your truck absolutely has the flawed wiring that Toyota DID and even documented, like Wallytoo mentions ^^. REAL fix, not band-aid, is on my sig.
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