Stuck in FL- starter

[Rigger]

Glad you got it going again.

The starter is available from Norwalk Toyota On-Line Parts for $355.93 (+ shipping, I assume). Curious if there is a source for this part at a better price. Anyone know?

 

[04UZJ100]

It's been a couple years since I had to do this start.

I needed to get out of the office so I went out to the parking lot to walk through it
Laying under the truck, just inside the passenger wheel, look up at the right side of the engine block, past the oil drain plug you can see 2 heat shields.

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look closely and remove this bolt, then fold the foil back to reveal the starter and wire to the solenoid.
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place the end of your insulated screwdriver on the bolt where the cable attaches to the solenoid.
Have someone push the button and energize the screwdriver.

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gratuitous screwdriver shot for @Markuson.

What leads do you connect to the screw driver? + battery to the bottom un-taped section by the screw driver handle?

Anything else?

 

[OregonLC]

Your goal is to put high current 12V+ to the output side of the solenoid at the same time the ECU is commanding start. So yes, take a jumper cable and connect one end to the hot post on the batt and the other end to the exposed end of the screwdriver, but only AFTER you have it contacting the starter. Otherwise you'll weld snaking it in.

 

[supdizzle]

It has 128k, so based on my reading, it was due. Just hasn’t helped my case with the wife when I assured her buying a 10 yo LC would last us another 10 years and be a safe and trusty road vehicle. My pride is hurt much more than my confidence in the LC.
The good news I told her is that once this is done, the water pump and radiator were already done, so we should be good for at least another 100k without anything major.

Just wait until you have to reseal the Heat Exchanger. Toyota really messed up with the cooling system in our rigs.

 

[04UZJ100]

Are you at risk of shock when jumping the starter?

 

[OregonLC]

Are you at risk of shock when jumping the starter?

No more so than you’re at risk of shock touching both battery poles. Even thought the starter is a high current draw, it’s still only 12V.