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I took the starter out and cleaned some of the build up from the contacts wearing out over time. Ended up putting it back together and for some reason it works now, but I’m still going to buy a rebuild kit for the starter. Before putting the starter in, tested the signal wire to the solenoid and...

Update: Took the cover off of the starter solenoid but nothing was bound up or looked welded or hot. The plunger was free moving and the wear on the copper contacts wasnt to crazy. Going to look for a way to test the electric part of the solenoid.

Yes, haven’t done any tests with the solenoid but I pulled the starter out and I’m going to take a look at the solenoid contacts and plunger today. From what I was reading and looking at the circuit open relay receives two signals, one when the starter is cranking and then one when the airflow...

Recently been having some starting problems with my land cruiser. This problem only seems to happen when its below freezing. The engine cranks over and starts up but immediately idles really low and eventually stalls out after a few seconds, when it stalls out or i turn the key off, the starter...