OK, I've been having some issues with the truck starting. But I've also had some issue with battery connections and thought it was all one issue. Nope. Today I cranked the truck and it made an odd humming noise. Went to turn it off and it acted like it was still trying to crank. Turn key on, not cranking just to the on position, it would crank. Finally had to disconnect the battery to get it to shut off.
Did some digging on the net and found it's likely the starter solenoid hung up. Contacts either bent to welding from a large arc cause by poor fit. Banged on the solenoid and got it stopped. Temp fix at best. So looking into it the cheapest thing is to replace the contacts. Kind of a mini rebuild.
Soooooo, there seems to be some changes over the years with contact parts. So several possibilities out there that might or might not work. I'll assume here that any box auto parts store may not be terribly helpful. So taking a stab in the dark whether anyone has part #s for starter solenoid contacts on a 1999, 4 cylinder, 4wd Toyota Tacoma. Going to do some digging around tonight myself. The site with the replacement instructions seems to have a link to buy them, but I have no idea about the site. It's 4crawler.com and they have a kit with all the available sizes at a decent price. But the site looks a bit cheap and cheesy.
Did some digging on the net and found it's likely the starter solenoid hung up. Contacts either bent to welding from a large arc cause by poor fit. Banged on the solenoid and got it stopped. Temp fix at best. So looking into it the cheapest thing is to replace the contacts. Kind of a mini rebuild.
Soooooo, there seems to be some changes over the years with contact parts. So several possibilities out there that might or might not work. I'll assume here that any box auto parts store may not be terribly helpful. So taking a stab in the dark whether anyone has part #s for starter solenoid contacts on a 1999, 4 cylinder, 4wd Toyota Tacoma. Going to do some digging around tonight myself. The site with the replacement instructions seems to have a link to buy them, but I have no idea about the site. It's 4crawler.com and they have a kit with all the available sizes at a decent price. But the site looks a bit cheap and cheesy.
