My brother-in-law has a '96 4Runner. He said it wouldn't start and the shop wanted $250 for a starter and about another $250 for the labor. I asked him what was going on with it. He explained the typical problem... I told him to order the contact repair kit, and I'd fix it for him. I found the YoTech site right after he agreed to let me save him some $$. Thanks to a sticky by "Bob_98SR5" it was made a bit easier. It was 10 degrees in the garage where I did the work and chunks of snow and ice were part of the fun.

Happy Holidays!

The thermometer on my garage wall rarely goes below 40- even when it's in the single digits outside. Of course, if the door is open or was recently opened, then it drops. But it's nothing that driving a nice warm engine into the garage and turning on a few halogen shop lights won't fix fairly quickly.

nice find sir.... sounds like it is darn cold in the garage...I have more or less put off all car work until spring.

I spent many a winter evening working in the garage on the MG. We had a little propane heater though that kept things toasty enough that we had to crack open the door. It's cool that you were able to find that info on the 4runner forums.

I had to leave the door open in order to have easier access to the front of his truck. I have a huge stove and commercial fridge (from a closed restaurant) taking up a lot of the garage space. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so frigid! My brother-in-law threatened to buy a heater as he transitioned back and forth between the garage and house.

I hope I never have a real need for one!

Maybe our Mazda forum will one day be filled with as much info. as that Toyota one.