deggenb Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Our 1986 Sunrader has become part of the family depite having had some seriouse axle issues.....we have a nasty electrical problem. At a few inconvinent times our 4*4 toyota has refused to start. Last time was on a back road between Oroville and Quincy Ca.....Finally was able to get it to a Toyota dealership a $180 later. It then, peversely, started. It has an AT with a 2.2 efi engine. We have replaced battery , starter and altenator. All fuses seem intact. Lights go on in the dash, no clicking at starter, battery is charged. A mechanic friend of a friend said it could be a relay.......can anybody help! deggenb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Neutral safety switch? Try it in neutral instead of park and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deggenb Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Thanks for the reply...don;t think thats it as it won't start in neutral either. deggenb Neutral safety switch? Try it in neutral instead of park and see what happens.al safety swi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 The switch is normally open, when you select neutral or park it closes the switch and completes the path to the starter it could just plain be bad. I don't think the automatics used a relay the sticks did because of the clutch pedal lock out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoprat Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Howdy deggenb... Sounds like the same problem I had. Got to the point that I built a switch and wire assembly to bypass the starter circuit when it happened. Finaly had enough of the problem and started at the battery, cutting the harness open to see if I could identify a problem. What I found was a solid white feed wire with splices that were corroded with white gundge next to the battery on the passenger side.I cut out the gundge and re-spliced the feed wires. It semed to take care of the problem, but I keep the wire bypass assembly handy.Hope this helps. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deggenb Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thanks for the help! Will wire past the starter circuit and look inside the wiring harness. Deg Howdy deggenb... Sounds like the same problem I had. Got to the point that I built a switch and wire assembly to bypass the starter circuit when it happened. Finaly had enough of the problem and started at the battery, cutting the harness open to see if I could identify a problem. What I found was a solid white feed wire with splices that were corroded with white gundge next to the battery on the passenger side.I cut out the gundge and re-spliced the feed wires. It semed to take care of the problem, but I keep the wire bypass assembly handy.Hope this helps. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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