Before you go to all that trouble you might want to replace the relay first. I had the same issue. I actually even replaced the starter, but the problem came back. Once I replace the relay, I had it happen one time after that and it's not happened since. And that was sometime this summer I finally swapped it out. It's about $50 and 10 minutes of work. It's probably a LOT less if you can find the relay at other than Toyota.
But it's solved my problem and I had exactly the same issue. It was getting worse and worse. I even swapped the battery out - but I'm glad I did that anyway.
My system works like a champ now and I didn't have to resort to the contact change. I think what happens is that the relay is too weak to have the contacts connect properly and eventually they become a problem. But if you fix the relay, then the contacts don't matter so much as they hit solidly now.
Mine use to happen mostly when it was hot and off for 10 minutes and restarting. Or when it was cold in the morning. Now it never happens. And I'm glad because it was getting me mad since it was happening since 6,000 miles!
Alan
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Originally Posted by leadsled
Thank you all for the information. I'm ordering the parts and doing this soon.
My Tundra seems to have the intermittent start problem more and more these days. It will click 3 or 4 times....then start up like there was no problem.
A special thanks to tamu tundra for posting the part numbers, and mustang67408 and eddie for the detailed instructions!
leadsled
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