EASY Starter Replacement (Tacoma DIY / How To) 

thank you! my '07 tacoma is kinda been a non-stop project, I fix one thing and another breaks or acts up. I've nearly repalced everything besides the engine by now. Staying on top of it thanks to videos like yours, thank you!

Engineers should be forced to work in mechanic shops for four years before being allowed to design anything.

Hey man didn’t know to take it apart ,bingo worked like a charm !! Much gratitude to you for sharing !🙏

Thanks! Second time you saved me this month. I replaced my alternator earlier this month and today my starter using your videos.*** I was able to pull the whole starter out as one piece*** after disconnecting the brake line mount as you described. I do have a 2006 tacoma 4x4 v6. Put 224k of the 236k miles on it and these were my first replacements of both parts. Largest struggle on this project was my bottom mounting bolt was stripped on the end and I fought it all the way out. Had to temporarily replace the bolt with a bolt from the hardware store to mount the new starter. Thanks again.

Another great helpful video!!! Keep them coming

Thanks! Glad I didn't read the manual! Didn't even need to take it apart or take the brake line lose. If you just move it forward enough, you can easily weasily it out of the wheel well. Also easier to get to the upper mount bolt from the top of the engine compartment. This was for a 2000 with the 2.4 liter.

Worked for my 2006 X-Runner without having to take it apart. Just had to move the brake lines out of the way. Thanks for the tutorial.

Thanks. This helped a lot with rebuilding the starter on my 99

Thanks for your video. Every other Tacoma starter video showed just dropping it through the bottom . Lol yeah good luck with a V6 automatic 4 wheel drive. Taking it apart through the side was the answer I was looking for. Don’t know about the “ easy “ part but my ‘99 Tacoma is starting great again.

Thanks!!! this is a huge help for replacing one of out company's trucks starters. Let us know if you ever need merch we ship all over the US and work with tons of unique brands and clothing co.

I'm a Prevost bus mechanic and wondered how it was done thank you

Nicely done, thanks for making this great video my friend 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thank You. I did this today and your method worked perfectly!

Hells yeah. Been planning to do this soon, and this is perfect timing. Thanks Kflo! FYI torque is light on those long starter assembly bolts, 82 in.*lbf

A++ You have mad talents in both repair and video. Thanks much.

good stuff! Thank you for sharing

I found it was easier to take the starter apart to take it out and you can install the new (completely intact ) Through the driver a-arm by moving it around

Thank you, this was very helpful!

Great tip on starter removal. When there’s à will there a way and you gave me the way. Thanks

Great video

Excellent video!

I was able to replace it without disassembling the starter. Thank you Kflo for the help!! 🙏

Thank you so much for this info. There’s nothing wrong with my starter. But I had to move the starter motor out of the way to get to the engine mount on the driver side.

Awesome thanks for the advice

Toyota T100 1997 This is the truck I have and was hoping there was a way to take out from just under the hood

Thanks for the video. Perhaps the starter size varies depending on the year but I was able to easily remove the starter from under the vehicle without removing anything else and without detaching the solenoid on my 2005 Prerunner V6. I suggest trying this before removing the wheel, splash guard and brake line bolts. It could save you some time.

Thanks for the tip about taking starter apart. My starter is not bad, but I am doing other work and the weather is nice in St. Louis now, so I figure with 250,000 miles on the truck time to change Alternator and starter since i has never been done. Plan on keeping truck another 250k :) God Willing.

If u have someone to help u u can get it in without removing anything , just did mine today

I was wondering can the starter be removed from the top on a 2007 truck

Thanks for the video , but I replace my 2006 Toyota Tacoma prerunner and they go out front the button space in one peace they on only take around 35 min.

Good job man one thing real quick tho ,that ground wire is actually the main power supply to the starter. The other smaller 12 v supply is for the solenoid to engage .the other wire mentioned ( short 12mm nut holding it ) to the housing of the solenoid is also 12v. Other than that 👍

Thanks!

An important warning: You will add a lot of time and challenge to this process when you disassemble the new starter to put it back together in the engine bay *and* you take the case off the starter and leave the starter motor itself stuck to the housing. Be careful! There is nothing mechanically joining the motor core to its case, and you will have to figure out how to reassemble a heavy motor core back into its case.

What length of extension do you use and where is the link for the first tool you showed? Thank you!

Thank you for this video. Was there a trick to get the Positive lead harness off. Hard to tell how mine is unlocked to take off. 98 Tacoma 2.7 4 cylinder. Is yours a 6 cyl?

Just did mine today, it was tough but did it myself. I did not have to take the starter apart to get it out of the engine bay. I started pulling it from the back and jiggled it a little to get it out.

Maaan, was that a skrillex song in the beginning? Any way, good vid bro!

Worked great! One little add on. Those two little rubber hoses on the solenoid and motor, you can extend those with a breather valve a waterproof your starter

How did it spund with the exhaust off

I just want to ensure this method will work for my 2013 Tacoma

4:39 the exhaust and front shaft are mot installed, I’m sure this made it possible

It's better than the Tundra or Titan's starter that is on top and in the back of the motor and is slightly over $1000 job since it is so labor intensive . You have to take the intake manifold off to get to the starter.

Thanks for the video. If you dislocated the steering linkage would that allow for the removal of the starter in 1 piece? I've destroyed my starter from water crossings and I'm going to replace it. But before I do, I wanted to take it apart and high temp gasket seal everything before installing. I'm not sure if that would be possible if I had to install it in 2 pieces. Cheers!

Great vid, super helpful! Also kinda reminded me of a davie504 video but for a truck instead of bass

I love my truck but I absolutely hate working on it when something like this goes wrong. Absolutely no working room

What size motor

Thank you for the video!!! I have 2005 tacoma. Can you show us how to replace the neutral safety switch? I cannot get my off. Thanks in advance.

If you pull the alternator you can get it out the front of the engine

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Hey K-Flo, yesterday I got a Ultima Starter for my 2005 Toyota Tacoma and was super excited to follow your suggestion. Epic fail over here...I took the ground bolt from the solenoid and the two long bolts out. But the two pieces DID NOT want to just twist apart...or come apart at all for that matter. I pulled on it harder and the motor separated at the midpoint of itself. So now the coil is pulled out. Have I just kissed my money goodbye?? What can I do? I can’t get it back in due the brushes that are on springs against it.

FYI: This is for a 2nd Gen (2005-2015) V6 Tacoma 4x4. You may not need to take apart the starter if you have a rear wheel drive or a 4 Cylinder. Torque is light on those long starter assembly bolts, 82 in.*lbf (Thanks Ben G!!) Get this starter here: amzn.to/3HYcUaZ

Hey Kflow, i like ur Videos, i have a question, i have a 2012 tacoma v6, im planning to rebuild my starter motor, can i replace the solenoid plunger and contacts on my truck so i don't have to spend a ton of money to replace the whole starter motor, thanks from Winnipeg.

What size extensions did you use and what size swivel

Need help was going to install the new starter and I took it apart but the solenoid came out with the motor when removing the housing Now 4 cooper plunger style contacts are preventing me from putting the starter back together

What year and engine is in your tacoma brother? I did most of what you did except take apart my starters. I was able to rotate it and take it out the wheel well fully assembled

Does anyone know if there's a difference between first-gen second-gen 3rd gen? I have a second gen this looks to be a second gen but not positive

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I keep watching the video and it looks like you removed part of the exhaust pipes. Also, when you are removing the top bolt from the starter, I am comfused as to how you put the extensions and swivels together to make it work. I have tried using a universal joint connector but it won't work. I would like to see how you put those pieces together. Thanks

Nice splash guards but Amazon charges way way too much for these. What I did is ordered a neoprene mat for like 20 bucks and traced my old guards and cut them out. Just a thought if anyone wants new splash guards at a fraction of the price.

12mm, 14mm

what would stop a 2014 Toyota Tacoma from starting everytime. starter and battery are good. turn switch on to crank engine and nothing happens all the lights come on in dash power windows will not work and will not crank, no click from starter, go back later on everything work and engine start

You should have showed both workbench and working on the trick it self for both taking apart and putting together the starter.

Just did this on a 2005 tacoma 4 door trd sport. My advice: don’t disassemble starter. I was able to get it in the truck in 5-15 minutes. Taking out the old one was the difficult part for me

I replaced my starter with a AC-DELCO. Truck starts but the starter squeals like a pig. Any thoughts?

What year?

Why do you have to take apart of the new starter? Some other people video didn't take the starter apart. They just installed like it is.

Is this an 09

Fucking truck wouldn't crank after getting home from work. This will be about the 5th Kflo video I've used to fix my truck. I hope to never need another one of your godforsaken videos KFlo I'm certain my truck is breaking because these exist.

Or you could lock your steering wheel, disconnect the lower from upper intermediate steering shafts and not have to take the starter apart. Although, this is a great way man, i dont know which way ill do but thanks!

Took off my tire and flaps and found out my starter is on the passenger side. 2003 Toyota Tacoma fml

looks like you removed the exhaust pipe

The inside of my new starter come out of the housing. Now I’m fucked . It’s spring loaded. No way to get it back in . I should of just took it to the shop . Fml

So I followed this and I think the bench scenes are a little “Hollywood magic” I almost learned a lesson the hard way following this video. As if you remove the sections the wrong way the internal magnets that make it function will completely f you. So follow this video with caution. I just did the install and now I have a strange noise during startup and I basically need to take it to a shop any way. But this process functionally works if you cannot afford a shop to do it right. Good luck.

Disassembling the starter is not necessary and took a lot more time, I do not recommend doing this

This thing was a bitch to take out

What a pain in the dick. Mines goin out....too much water sat at the orv park.

What year is this truck? My 2004 has more in the way. Why didn't you state the year?