3RZ Starter prob.

[Cheapj7]

Hey guys, I've got a 96 taco with the 3RZ. When you hit the switch all i get is a click. And no it's not the beat on the starter click or the i beat my battery cables on click. At first it would do it 3 or 4 times then start, then it went to 20 or 30 times, n now it won't start at all. You can roll it off and it does fine. Someone mentioned a cam or crank position sensor. Not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys, Jon

[jtaco1]

Rebuild the starter. The clicking is from a worn out plunger and contact points. Check over on TTORA and search starter rebuild. Should come up with a post that has the part numbers and the rebuild. I did this a few months ago. The hardest part is getting the starter out of the truck, the actual rebuild takes like ten minutes.

[toc-yo]

jtaco1 Rebuild the starter. The clicking is from a worn out plunger and contact points. Check over on TTORA and search starter rebuild. Should come up with a post that has the part numbers and the rebuild. I did this a few months ago. The hardest part is getting the starter out of the truck, the actual rebuild takes like ten minutes.

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[Cheapj7]

Thanks guys, I'll try that next week. It sucks that i've got my straight axle on the way n my truck won't even start. Here's the truck as it sits now. Just to put a truck with the prob.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/CheapJ7/www004.jpg

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[98taco4x]

Wow those shackles are super scary in so many ways.

[Cheapj7]

yea, that's why it's still resting on the jack stands. Those are only supporting the weight of the springs.

[toc-yo]

Just wondering y:laughing: ou have done all THAT and have a starter question.

[98taco4x]

Your shackles should be straight and have spacers if everything doesn't line up.
If all else fails you just have to buy a starter.

[Cheapj7]

Your shackles should be straight and have spacers if everything doesn't line up.
If all else fails you just have to buy a starter.



Really??? Huh. I thought i could just tighten them down like that. No, allpro has the slowest freakin shipping in the world. I've got the correct shackles coming.

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[98taco4x]

Just trying to keep you alive and wheelin

[Cheapj7]

No doubt. That's hard enough without your own truck fallin on you.

[96 4-runner]

its sounds like the starter points they wear out the cheap i didn't even take the starter out. i got mine from the dealer. hope that helps

[Cheapj7]

Thanks guys. Got my starter rebuilt yesterday. The points were worn. It starts like a champ now. Now to just get the rest of the bugs worked out of it...

[88yota96taco]

Yeah so i was just heading out side to go yank my starter out and see what the hell was up with it. Its doing exactly what yours was. I figured it was a bad ground. Or should I say I was HOPING it was a bad ground. But yeah so would it be cheaper to fix this one or buy a rebuilt one for about 70 bux? Eehh whatever im just gonna pull it out and get another one. I just wanted to say how perfect the timing was on this post.

[Cheapj7]

I took mine to the local starter shop and the guy rebuilt it in about 4 hours. Put new points in it, cleaned tohe mud out, and sand blaster and painted the outside. 40 bucks. Figured that was better to keep my taco starter than a cheap auto-zone remanufactured knock off.

[toc-yo]

I took mine to the local starter shop and the guy rebuilt it in about 4 hours. Put new points in it, cleaned tohe mud out, and sand blaster and painted the outside. 40 bucks. Figured that was better to keep my taco starter than a cheap auto-zone remanufactured knock off.

What state are you from?

[Cheapj7]

I'm from Jasper, Alabama