Recent content by slicknick

yeah... the dealer got me. almost $400 but it works fine now. thanks for all your tips. ---slicknick

no worries. i just went to the local dealer.... pretty much all i have left to do is have the starter changed. and it was a pain just getting to the contacts and sanding them, i dont think i want to go through trying to get it out. im gonna have them do it... ugh

yeah i tried sanding the contacts and this morning when i went to start the car it still had problems. is it time to change the starter?

i'm having a problem starting my '96, i thought it was the battery to begin with cuz it seemed pretty old. i changed that and at first it seemed to fix the problem, but it came back. someone responeded to my last post saying i need to change the starter contacts and that it is very difficult to...

you i changed the battery and it seems to be working now. started every time since with no problem. if it comes back ill know to change the starter. thanks for the input.

im not sure how to figure out the amps that i am running. can you give me some details on that. i talked to my pops he said it sounds like the battery. it seems kinda old so im gonna go to kragen and have them test the battery & the starter. maybe down the road i will look into the HO...

cool thanks thats what i was thinking. i also thought it might be the battery. i have a lot of power pumping into my stereo i have a radar detector that tells me the volts the car is running at, and sometimes its down at 11 volts or so.

I have a 1996 4runner, about a month ago it started having problems when i was starting it. if the car sits for a few hours and then i go to start it nothing happens. all the lighs and the stero works but the car wont start. can anyone help