My toyotas Starters Dead?

Question

My Freind Gave me a 1986 Toyota Trecel 4cylinder Carberated 1.5 lt and he started it last in Dec and not the stater does not do anything. the Idiot lights dim when you turn the key to the start postion but the stater does nothing! The fuel pumps run too! I did have to change a fuse in the car for the cabin but i dont thing that could be a issiue?

Umm thanks
Sarah

P.S I NEED TO GET IT TO START ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO START A AUTOMATIC WITH OUT PULLING ON THE CRANKSHAFT WITH A WRENCH!

My Freind Gave me a 1986 Toyota Trecel 4cylinder Carberated 1.5 lt and
he started it last in Dec and not the stater does not do anything.
the Idiot lights dim when you turn the key to the start postion but
the stater does nothing! The fuel pumps run too! I did have to change
a fuse in the car for the cabin but i dont thing that could be a
issiue?
Umm thanks
Sarah

P.S I NEED TO GET IT TO START ARE THERE ANY OTHER WAYS TO START A
AUTOMATIC WITH OUT PULLING ON THE CRANKSHAFT WITH A WRENCH!


THE BATTERY IS FROM MY TRUCK ITS BRAND NEW! AND I DID TRY TO JUMP IT!

Answer 1

It might just be your battery. Try jump starting or charging it. If your starter is bad it sometimes works to tap it with a hammer(the starter) a few times to break the brushes free. Your motor might be locked up too, but try changing the starter fist.

Answer 2

Take the battery to the auto parts store and have it checked. If it is good, then it might be your starter.

If you can locate the starter and the electrical leads on it, you can test it on the car to make sure.

Connect a jumper cable to the battery (both positive and negative leads) and connect the black on the other side to a ground (any unpainted surface on your car will do). Then take the red lead on that side and touch it to your starter's positive terminal. If it spins, then your starter is good and it is something else on your car. If it does nothing or makes a terrible noise, then you need to replace it.

Unfortunately, I know of now way to start a car without a starter, but they're usually not terribly expensive (like 40-50 bucks at the most) and pretty easy to replace... just unhook the battery, disconnect the wires, remove the bolts (there's usually two) and pull it off.

Installation is the reverse of removal.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

Make sure your battery is charged fully, you can do this by hooking up a charger and setting it on trickle charge or even hook up jumper cables and see if that works. If its not the battery being dead then try giving the starter a couple wacks with a hammer and then try starting it, i have done that hundreds of times and seems to work for me.
Sometimes the starter can get tired and worn and doesnt want to move and wacking it with a hammer tends to help. With an automatic you cant jump start it, which you can do on a standard. good luck with it.

Answer 4

Those tercels are easy to work on... Sounds like you need a new battery or Battery cables. If it sat for about 5 to 6 months the battery just ran low and you just need a jump start.

The size of your battery is pretty small and a cheap one for it is about $30

Answer 5

When lights dim at the time you turn the key to start, I woulf think battery. However, electrical is a huge area to make generized statements about. Have someone jump you.

Answer 6

Get a new battery for it man,if the lights dim when you turn the key and the starter does nothin then its absolutely positively the battery.

Answer 7

really sounds like the battery is dead, try getting a jump before you start changing things out

Answer 8

Yeah sounds like the battery. But also check the ignition module. I had mine replaced after my '92 toyota started losing power WHILE i was driving. Hasent let me down since!

Answer 9

Your battery could be dead or discharged.