Nippondenso remans or remakes are always funny that way... I warranty exchanged the "new" starter I bought for my 22re about 4 times in the caurse of a year because it also kept locking up, and I'd have to beat on it with a hammer to get it to free up

Glad you found the problem

 

'Coug wins again.

Never doubt me, young Padewon

 

Starters dont 'lock up'...They will click when either the supply voltage is insufficient or the contacts in the solenoid (usually just one side) are worn. The hammer trick doesnt knock the starter free, it just moves things around slightly often enough to get a start.

 

"lock up" would be a figure of speach of course, meaning that it wont turn over not like the rotor in the starter mystiously welded itself to the starter casing and physically locked up...

yes, the contacts are 9 out of 10 times the cause of the Nippondenso starter "locking up"

 

can any of yall show me or tell me all the grounds in the engine compartment

 

Do a search for the big 3 mod, all the info you need is there.

 

I could were it a 22re I made a thread/write up just for that purpose

 

it is whats the link

 

oh, the OP's truck is a 3.0



here's the link non-the-less

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...-guide-194413/

 

there is a thread that details all the stock grounds. IMO, disregard it and add your own...