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Cheapj7 · 04-10-2007, 08:32 PM

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 · 04-11-2007, 06:05 AM

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 · 04-11-2007, 08:44 AM

jtaco1

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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 · 04-11-2007, 07:13 PM

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.

98taco4x · 04-13-2007, 08:57 AM

Wow those shackles are super scary in so many ways.

Cheapj7 · 04-13-2007, 09:21 AM

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

toc-yo · 04-13-2007, 05:27 PM

Just wondering y

ou have done all THAT and have a starter question.

98taco4x · 04-14-2007, 07:21 AM

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 · 04-15-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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.

98taco4x · 04-16-2007, 01:15 PM

Just trying to keep you alive and wheelin

Cheapj7 · 04-17-2007, 10:18 PM

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

96 4-runner · 04-21-2007, 03:02 PM

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 · 04-30-2007, 06:42 PM

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 · 05-07-2007, 01:04 PM

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 · 05-08-2007, 08:38 PM

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 · 05-12-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

What state are you from?

Cheapj7 · 05-14-2007, 04:06 PM

I'm from Jasper, Alabama

04-10-2007, 08:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	3RZ Starter prob. 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

04-11-2007, 06:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
jtaco1 Granite Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Member # 34250 Location: Marysville, PA Posts: 804	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. __________________ 88 4 Runner, dual cases w/ 4.7's, Tacoma E-locker rear, 37" PB Rockers and no lift, caged

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toc-yo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Member # 75683 Location: Behind Government Motors Spring hill, Tn Posts: 56	Just wondering y ou have done all THAT and have a starter question. __________________ MY DAD

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88yota96taco Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Member # 88957 Location: Loudon, NH Posts: 21	Friggin Sweet 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. __________________ How do blind people know when they're done wiping?

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04-11-2007, 07:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	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.

04-13-2007, 08:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
98taco4x Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Member # 68676 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 63	Wow those shackles are super scary in so many ways.

04-13-2007, 09:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	yea, that's why it's still resting on the jack stands. Those are only supporting the weight of the springs.

04-14-2007, 07:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
98taco4x Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Member # 68676 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 63	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.

04-16-2007, 01:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
98taco4x Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Member # 68676 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 63	Just trying to keep you alive and wheelin

04-17-2007, 10:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	No doubt. That's hard enough without your own truck fallin on you.

04-21-2007, 03:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
96 4-runner Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Member # 67896 Posts: 2	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

04-30-2007, 06:42 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	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...

05-08-2007, 08:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	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.

05-14-2007, 04:06 PM	#17 (permalink)
Cheapj7 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Member # 86615 Location: Jasper, Al Posts: 420	I'm from Jasper, Alabama