Wanger posted:

With mine you would turn the key and get no response from the starter at all, this happened every now and then but became more frequent over a period of about a month, when this did happen I would switch ignition on and off a few times until it did it's thing. Thought it might have been isolator switch (auto) or wiring related but had this checked and was all OK. When the starter was removed it was in a pretty ugly way, must have been all that silty water.

Kev - (Cairns,QLD) posted:

I had the same problem with my 80 series stater, work some times & then just clicks other times.
I pulled the starter out & stripped it down (im no starter expert) & found all was ok except the solinoid contacts were worn away.

$8 for to new ones ($16 genuine Toyota) & two seconds to install.......all fixed.
The new ones had a bigger surface area so it must be a common problem with the original ones.

Could of saved your self some money !