Starter Motor Replacement

[DroveRunner]

Starter motor for Surf 2.4TD - LN130

After advice here a few weeks back that an intermittant click/no start would be contacts within the starter motor I decided to replace it.

Found they wanted £150 locally to do a rebuild so went for the £170 (inc vat/p&p) new option from a mail order Jap parts specialist. When the thing arrived I was a bit put out to see it was unbranded in a plain brown box.

Then after struggling with all the bits you need to remove to get the starter off on this vehicle I could see the new starter was far smaller than the old one. Also it was missing a lug for the front support bracket...and the thread tapping was the wrong pitch for the original top bolt.

A phone round of various suppliers and this was explained. The different vehicles fitted with this engine had three different starters...a 2.0kw, 2.5kw & 2.7kw. The original starter on the LN130 should be a 2.7kw but commonly the mail order guys seem to supply the 2.0kw without mentioning this point.

I thought I'd phone Toyota to see just how much a proper new one would be....they confirmed a 2.7kw would be supplied at £425!!

Phoned round loads more folks to find a range of exchange/rebuild quotes between £189 and £332.

Following a search on here decided to replace all the contact parts, plunger plus the brush set for about £100 from Toyota. Going to order the bits tomorrow.

Fingers crossed.

David

BTW in a few days will write up the procedure for starter removal on the LN130 for posting here (with pics?) if anyone is interested....it's a real pig to get at.

[TonyN]

If you haven't spent the money yet, I'll tell you all you need to do is file the good contact down to the same level as the worn one, then the plunger will sit level again and work fine.

May not be the 'correct' way of doing it, but did it 3 years ago, and the new pair of contacts (£18 for pair from Toyota) I bought are still sitting in the garage, and the car has been used every day since.

If you've already spent the money, don't read the above.

[DroveRunner]

Thanks Tony but the bad contact is down to paper thin and very pitted, I wouldn't want to file the other that thin as well, but I can see how it might help in the short term.

Two new contacts at £5 to £15 (depending on who's info you read) are pretty good value compared with the work to remove and replace starter. Then the plunger seems worthwhile at another £15...and of course while you're at it a brush assy set seems a good idea.....and so it goes on.

We'll see what the local Toyota dealer make of the parts numbers found here in other threads.

Edit: Attached image of old and new starters to show size difference.

David

[DroveRunner]

Just some up to date info on these contact kits.

28226-54220 is on the left of the image and contains the new contact etc for the side that is usually still in good order. However at £11.03 inc vat it is worth fitting.

28226-54250 is the kit on the right of image, with the contact that will usually be burnt thin. It also contains a new end cover and gasket...yet only cost £7.19 inc vat.

Odd pricing!

David