Originally Posted by RiceBurnerRebel
I've been battling this for the last 3 yrs and finally fixed it 100%.
Here are all the things i went through:
-New Battery
-All new ground wires
-New starter wire
-Rebuilt starter (use search, toyota rebuild is like $15)
After all this it started about 50% of the time.
FINAL SOLUTION:
The starter has 2 wires, the main that goes to the + batt. terminal and a signal wire. the signal wire activates a small solenoid, to turn the starter. if the signal wire isnt getting over 12 volts, it wont start. check it with a meter, mine was getting 11.7V. instead of replacing the starter and/or running new wire through the main harness, i got a SPST Automotive relay.
On the relay:
30- Main starter wire (one that goes to batt. terminal)
87- Starter signal connection (starter side)
86- Starter signal wire (wire harness side)
85- Ground (on frame somewhere)
To make sure this will solve your problem, have someone step on the clutch with the key in. take a small piece of wire and just it from the main starter wire to the signal wire. If it starts this relay will solve your problem.
Hope this helps.
