Here are the Toyota part #s for a starter rebuild.

[Doctor Dirt]

Nice write up on the rebuild process. Good to hear that the parts are still available for $55.00. I appreciate the economy of rebuilding the solenoid given how simple it is.
I have been having intermittent starting issues with my 89 62 and chalked it up to general electrical malaise. Until yesterday, when i couldn't activate the starter solenoid even with a jumper on the battery. Tried tapping the solenoid while someone turned the key and she kicked right over. Problem solved. Now to fix...
I have two questions: why not get a Denso reman from summit for $82.99 (plus $30 core) where everything has been gone over, not just the solenoid?

Denso Products 280-0192 Denso Remanufactured Starters | Summit Racing

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And, other suppliers offer "gear reduction" reman starters for over $200. 00 (Cruiser Outfitters) and over $300.00 (SOR). Isn't the OEM a gear reduction unit? Thinking of going with the Summit unit for simplicity. Thank you for your feed back.

 

[ZombieResponseUnit]

Hope I’m not highjacking a thread here, but I’m looking for help identifying a starter and maybe finding new contacts.
I have had this 1980 HJ45 for ~9 years now. The starter has always been weak, and drained batteries faster then I would expect. I’ve had the unit in a rebuild shop, and he told me nothing was wrong

I have suspected the wire from the motor to contacts was lose/poor connection. It smokes, gets hot, and has melted all the insulation/tape on that wire. i have tried tightening it wail on the truck, but it doesn’t help and it’s hard to reach. I removed the starter and found the terminal very corroded and it broke off when I tried to tighten it.
Does this look like an H starter or 3B? My bell housing has 3holes and starter only has 2

 

[stevebradford]

Your looks to be the early gear reduction diesel starter not the later model.

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[Captain Ron]

The best thing about this website is the wealth of information on these cars/trucks.

Had not thought about rebuilding the starter. For a DIY guy that's the way to go.

This info on the starter is very helpful and thank all for your input.

Captain Ron

 

[Tiamat]

So I noticed something interesting with the contacts. Saw it in the first post of this thread too, but didn't think much of it until I did mine. It looks like either the 80 series 3FE starter has a larger positive lead contact, or at some point Toyota upgraded the design altogether for the contacts and determined that this was a better design. Here's a direct side-by-side comparison of the old and new positive lead contacts:



I took my micrometer to it, and the extra ears provide 27 sq. mm more contact area total for the plunger's contact. This makes sense since the increased contact area would allow for more current to pass to the other contact (which interestingly enough still adheres to the original design). If I had enough money to spare I would've ordered a second positive kit so I could use the larger contact on the downstream side too. Could've possibly given the starter a good amount more OOMPH for better cold weather cranking.

I know this is a response to a 10 year old post, but my starter had recently been giving me the click...and so I looked into the replacement parts where I stumbled across this thread. I thought about your idea and nowadays the extra parts kit is essentially $20, so it was worth the experiment "for science". If anyone else wants to try this, x2 of the 28226-72080 is what you're looking for.

My starter fired right up once repaired, but I don't really have anything to compare it to so we may never know how much it really makes a difference. I included photos below so you can see what it looks like with the expanded contact piece on both sides along with how worn down my old starter components were compared to the new one. The starter was installed in 1999, so it made it about 25 years.