SupraTRD83 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Sorry about the title guys an girls. But I have been having some trouble with the old Supe, basically about 3 weeks ago I went to the car and all was dead, no light nothing so thought the battery was dead, checked it and 12v working fine. found out in the end it was a blown fuse on the underside of the serring wheel, the fuse was for the immobiliser so replaced that and everything worked. The car had been having trouble to start before the fuse went so guessed with me keep trying to start it thats what must have blown the fuse, well the car has been working fine for the last 3 weeks since the fuse change but now again we seem to be back at the beginning again, the problem is that I can pull up at a petrol station or whatever and when I try to start the engine the car just does a tick but theres nothing there, doesnt start the engine, so i try again and again it just ticks, i try again and it will begin to start but then die down again, finally after anything from 6-12 goes the car will start fine. Sounds like there might be some trouble with the connectors behind the ignition. Has anyone else had this and any ideas? as dont want fuse to blow again through keep trying to start the car or im stranded, as i say the battery is fine just this bloody ticking as i turn the key another problem hopefully solved soon, any ideas please let me know Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Sounds like the starter motor contacts need a refurb. Toyota sell a kit, much cheaper than a new starter motor. There's a sticky on here about how to do it if you fancy a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraTRD83 Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Sounds like the starter motor contacts need a refurb. Toyota sell a kit, much cheaper than a new starter motor. There's a sticky on here about how to do it if you fancy a go. Cheers mate ill have a looksy, i was thinking that, the dry connections behind dont seem to be catching right until the 10th turn of the key, have the same trouble with the oil, engine management light side, the connections dont work half the time, have to fiddle with it so the lights work, need to re solder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I had this on my last Supra, was told the starter motor too. However was advised to check the battery (I had no issue with it before). Connected up a new battery and started first time, never even looked near the starter motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Dodgy SM contacts could well explain the tick-tick-tick, but not the rest of the symptoms (dashboard lights). You've either got 2 issues (SM contacts + dashboard dry solders), or the problem is elsewhere. Edit: reading jamesmark's post, the battery might be the main suspect now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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