BADNEWSBACK

I have a 1990 4runner and it has a odd symptom. every know and again when you start it nothing happens and then you have to get out of the car tap the starter with somthing ( not even hard ) and it kicks right over. I bought the thing and the starter seemed new. I got home it wouldnt start so i asked the guy to replace it. he was there that day and i watched him put the new one in and it made no difference! any ideas what it may be????? I was wondering if it needs to be shimmed. i have looked all over and i cant find anything about it.

thanks!

kevin444

Was it a genuine toyota one? Or one of those pep boys oem ones?

BADNEWSBACK

its from advance i believe... i know they arent that good of quality.

mtnfreak

Use Roger Brown's trick of running battery power directly to the starter - it worked for me. You can find it at the end of his 'starter' page. You can get all of the materials at Radio Shack for less than $20. Toyota starter relays are 10x that.

GV27

Better late than never......

A starter that is revived by tapping on it is a starter that is on its way to the great beyond! Very common.......

rngrchad

Very very true. You either have it shimmed wrong, or the solenoid is acting up. Typically pounding on a starter that has a bad solenoid will get it to crank over. I did this for almost 3 months before mine ended up being completely useless....maybe clean the starter contacts, check for loose connections. Oh yeh, and most of the time it is cheaper to just buy a whole starter than replace the solenoid...at least on older GM models.