80 Series Starter Motor
Submitted: Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:22
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ExplorOz Team - David
To any auto-electrical experts out there!
I have been having a few instances of having the starter solenoid click and no fire - try again once or twice and away she goes. No this was not very good considering we are in
Canning Stock route setup mode.
So I pulled the starter motor out of the vehicle yesterday. My trusty Gregorys indicated that it was likley to be dirty contact in the solenoid. I pulled the cover off the solenoid and removed the center pin (the actual solenoid relay center pin). This drives the starter motor gear in and also makes the electrical contact between two (brass, bronze or copper contacts). No I noticed that one of the contacts has worn and lost about 2-3mm of the contact material. I removed this little piece of metal (to see what it looks like) and it is a little right angle about 2cmx2cm using about 5mm material.
I need to get a new one of these - is this a Toyota part or should I go to a metal
shop and fabricate my own? I have a digital photo of this part if that will help get the answer to my question.
Just so you know I cleaned the contacts and filed them - put it back together and it is working better than before as it fires ever time however I want to replace the contact to ensure that it continues to work for a lot longer.Regards
ExplorOz Team - David
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Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 13:07
Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 13:07
David,
The HJ60 & early HJ75's had this problem after some use. I took a number of vehicles to sparkies in the Isa, and they would fit h/duty contacts. End of problem.
Our HJ60 got so bad, on an intermittent basis, that carried a screwdriver under the d/
seat to short out terminals on solenoid. Like 5am on driveway at Shell in
Dalby Q, on the back with no torch trying to see the correct terminals.
Have a great trip up the Canning. Hooroo...
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Follow Up By: Member - Rohan K - Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 18:47
Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 18:47
Hey Bob, I used to have to play that game on both my FJ40s. (You should have seen the chunks eaten out of the screwdriver from the arching.) Sounds like a weakness that Tojo still hasn't soted.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (
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Follow Up By: Member - Rohan K - Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 18:50
Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 18:50
Oh David, I forgot to mention, I solved my problems with a couple of dirt cheap starters from a wreckers. I pulled them both apart, used some parts to repair the one from the vehicle and used the rest to build a spare starter, which I did end up using.Talk is cheap ...
Rohan (
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Follow Up By: Bob Y. - Qld - Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 21:05
Monday, Jun 09, 2003 at 21:05
Yeah, Rohan, I've still got a scewdriver like that too. Has lost the burn marks but you would need a vivid imagination to call it a s'driver.
We've had no starting probs with last 2 80 series, but don't do any stop start work either. Hooroo...
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Reply By: Smithy - Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:26
Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003 at 12:26
David,
Your on the right track, altough I wouldn't recommend sanding the tips. They're made with a special coating and though it may look as though it has worn off it'll still be there. It's ok to sand them to get you out of trouble but I'd look at replacing them soon. The coating is to reduce the amount of arcing between the contacts. Just replace the contacts, you can get them from any auto elec, or car decient car part supplier, or better yet call the supplier or maker ie Bosch, etc. Clean all the crap out of it and should be as good as new. Might want to replace the brushes, clean the comm, clean the stator from carbon dust, etc, and replace the bearings while you've got it apart. Doesn't take long, and that's all you'll get for a service anyway.
Cheers and Good Luck
Shift Sparky
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