Recent content by toastybroski

Here is a pic. Are there any tricks I can do like bypassing something? Honestly that red terminal is kind of a POS so I need to replace it anyways. edit: I removed the winch and fiddled with the positive contact a bit and it works well now. I hope that was not the issue all along. I tested...

What are the signs of damage? Everything looks good to me. How do you replace the negative terminal? It seems that everything on the negative terminal goes down into the harness.

The fact that it starts up every time with cables makes me think it's that or the terminals. I will swap batteries with the tundra and see what happens.

Would this not show up on a battery tester like they do at a auto store? It checked out ok.

After dealing with starter issues I finally got a new starter in. Unfortunately I forgot to disconnect the battery in my haste and there was a decent spark when I was replacing the connection at the starter. I disconnected the battery and finished the install and everything looked ok. However...

How would hitting the starter make it star if it was battery terminals. I rebuilt the contacts and plunger. Not sure what else i could do to it. I was having a weird noise while starting on real cold days before all these problems happened. Not sure if it's related. I am trying an oem denso...

Well the repair went really smoothly and it started right up. Unfortunately when I turned it back on it was just a click again and it is much worse now than it was. Took me about 30 tries and it eventually fired up. Then I got a check engine p0171 code. Is this due to trying to get the...

I strongly recommend against toyexus. From my experience they were pretty clueless and caused more problems than they fixed.

Yeah but this post specifically mentions how easy it is to remove through the sway bar mount which is not this method.

Anyone have pics of the method described in this post? I haven't seen any videos that have done it this way.

Thank you all for the help! I am 99% sure this is the issue and plan on doing the repair this weekend.

Sweet, I actually got it to turn over by hitting it with a hammer (not that hard). What method of taking it out do you suggest? The sway bar bolts through the wheel well?

So I tried to jump it which completely failed. I also removed all of the contacts and cleaned them with terminal cleaner. The starter is making a single loud click and then not doing anything else. I assume its probably the starter contact then?

I have been having starter issues for a couple of months now with today being the first day I couldn't start it at all. I am currently at work so it will take me a bit to test everything, but I was looking for suggestions where to start. Battery is a little over a year old. Issue: About a...

I mean the fact that there has been evidence of it for 5 years yet hasn't really changed much has me hesitant on doing a big fix. Tapping it the metal still seems really hard. Other than the clear coat completely failing and the paint there are no other problems so I wouldn't mind putting like...