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From: KNIGHT VIPER on 18 Nov 2007 21:49
I have a 1997 Camry LE and it is now getting harder to start. I have to
fight with it for about 5 minutes before it will turn over. this happens
almost daily now even if I leave the car for five minutes. Talked with one
of brothers and he says it might be the starter or the ignation switch going
out. Could he be right? if it is the starter are they hard to change out? is
the igination switch hard to replace? I am limited in my knowledge of this
kind of stuff but would be willing to do the work my self if it was fairly
easy or had detailed instructions on how to do this kind of work. Please
help.


From: Nobody Important on 18 Nov 2007 22:08
KNIGHT VIPER wrote:
> I have a 1997 Camry LE and it is now getting harder to start. I have to
> fight with it for about 5 minutes before it will turn over. this happens
> almost daily now even if I leave the car for five minutes. Talked with one
> of brothers and he says it might be the starter or the ignation switch going
> out. Could he be right? if it is the starter are they hard to change out? is
> the igination switch hard to replace? I am limited in my knowledge of this
> kind of stuff but would be willing to do the work my self if it was fairly
> easy or had detailed instructions on how to do this kind of work. Please
> help.
>
>

Is the symptom that there is no activity when you turn the key to start,
but when it works it works well? In this case, it's often the contact
blocks in the starter that need replacing. A shop will try to sell you a
whole starter plus installation, but you can try getting them to just
replace the contacts, which is much cheaper than the whole starter.
Toyota makes (or at least used to make) a kit for this purpose. A Toyota
dealer will probably be familiar with this repair and may save you time
on the clock - you could pull the starter yourself and take it in to be
serviced.
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