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155k. You too!How many miles on your LX before the starter went out?
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155k. You too!How many miles on your LX before the starter went out?
Snow and ice storm coming our way tonight and tomorrow morning. Stay safe.
It's ~20 degrees F outside and you got your LX on a trailer? More power to you!155k. You too!
It's ~20 degrees F outside and you got your LX on a trailer? More power to you!
My 2009 is at 152k and climbing fast. You got me paranoid! Would you mind sharing some of the tell tale signs of impending starter failure?
It's ~20 degrees F outside and you got your LX on a trailer? More power to you!
My 2009 is at 152k and climbing fast. You got me paranoid! Would you mind sharing some of the tell tale signs of impending starter failure?
You're right in the window of likelihood for failure. Mine went at ~135k on my 2009. Seen some go as early as 100-120k.
There's cases of zero warning at all. Mine failed once, and started the second time leaving work. After getting home, it never started again after 20 or so tries.
I thought I saw another 200Spotted you in the highlands the other day! Awesome rig!
My 08 LX starter died recently at 97k. No warning.It's ~20 degrees F outside and you got your LX on a trailer? More power to you!
My 2009 is at 152k and climbing fast. You got me paranoid! Would you mind sharing some of the tell tale signs of impending starter failure?
Congrats and thanks for putting that starter thread together!
Im a paranoid “prepper”, 50% of my purchase decision going with the 200 instead of a G or RR. Going to buy a starter and keep it as spare in the truck. It can be swapped with a bottle jack and hand tools worst case.
This part is guaranteed to fail. Do we know the cause?
Is the exhaust pipe cooking them?
Should i pull my heat shielding and spray insulating high temp whatever on the back side?
Speaking for myself - I briefly considered swapping it while the truck was disabled in front of my house:
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In hindsight this would have been awful given that I was on my back basically the whole time. I don’t think I could swap it in the field personally speaking.
In my case I’m 99% sure motor is fine and I could hear clicking but not engaging. So my theory is that the plunger wears out and just stops grabbing the engagement fork.
Mine pooped the bed without warning when I went to get a haircut locally. AAA brought it back to the house and I had it swapped in about 4ish hours thanks to a very helpful video of someone doing it on a Sequoia - I HAD to get it done that day as I was leaving town the following morning. 148k on the clock. I would have dreaded doing it in the snow, fortunately, it was August and nice weather. And it was an Arizona truck so the manifold studs were clean and it came off easy.Speaking for myself - I briefly considered swapping it while the truck was disabled in front of my house:
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In hindsight this would have been awful given that I was on my back basically the whole time. I don’t think I could swap it in the field personally speaking.
In my case I’m 99% sure motor is fine and I could hear clicking but not engaging. So my theory is that the plunger wears out and just stops grabbing the engagement fork.
Can you link that video into the starter replacement thread?Mine pooped the bed without warning when I went to get a haircut locally. AAA brought it back to the house and I had it swapped in about 4ish hours thanks to a very helpful video of someone doing it on a Sequoia - I HAD to get it done that day as I was leaving town the following morning. 148k on the clock. I would have dreaded doing it in the snow, fortunately, it was August and nice weather. And it was an Arizona truck so the manifold studs were clean and it came off easy.
I'm sure you are glad it's behind you and that it wasn't worse.
I’m going to be careful next couple of days just in case but hope it’s the end of the drama. I’m going to warranty out this new interstate battery next week. My theory is that maybe I killed a cell winching it in the trailer.
I know it wasn't possibly in your case, but I only run heavy draw devices like compressors, with the engine on.