Sooo I took your advice for granted ;-) Dropped it off at a local electro repair shop this morning, they refurbished it completely and put in a different solenoid.
Put it back in... and still wouldn't crank, I was like huh WTF checked all the wiring but everything seemed fine.
So then after a...
Yes I might do that with the original one, been searching a bit and eventually found this reasonably priced gear reduction starter which supposedly works great on the 1f / 2f land cruisers...
Hey guys,
So I just got my new starter, took out the old one and turns out it doesn't fit while the ad said it was for a 1978 FJ40 land cruiser.
Been searching amazon but the search is so bad that I just can't seem to find out whether they have that right one for my car.
I'm based in Colombia...