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Originally Posted by 2000mc
Where do you buy your starters?
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Haven't bought a starter in a long, long, time. I just Googled "Toyota pickup starter", and took a rough average of the prices that popped up on the first page. If your starter has a significantly different price, feel free to redo the math with the different number.
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Originally Posted by ConnClark
Repeated quick use of the starter will heat it. Thus accelerating wear.
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Why do you think that? First, you're not doing repeated
quick use of the starter if you're sitting in traffic. Second, the starter typically sits right next to a pretty hot engine. Third, heat doesn't cause wear; friction & electrical erosion causes wear. When a starter fails, it's almost always (in my experience, anyway) wear on the brushes/contacts.