Fixing a Clicking Starter Without Removal from the Car

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Cars Automotive Repairs Starter Toyota RAV4
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  • By: RuLev
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  • Updated: 06-Apr-08
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Toyota makes reliable cars, but their starters are known to wear down their contacts and just *click* when the key is turned - if yours starts doing this (and other times cranks fine), it's not the motor or the solenoid, it's just these contacts! I filmed my attempt to fix mine *without* removing the starter, in the hopes it would help others; the car starts now without a click, but I didn't get the plunger-type contact, so my grinding job is all that is between me and another repair - order both the contacts and plunger if *you* do this job! Good luck!

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  • Yes, it does seem to go by fast

    but hopefully you'll pause at the important points! This is just to show those who think they have to pay or do a lot more to fix what turns out to be a simple repair - I certainly did!

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