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first check to see if your battery is in good shape. if it reads 12.4 with a digital gauge then get another or hav eit load tested to see if it's ok. you may have a bad solenoid on the starter and not letting engough power through it.

It depends on which starter you have.

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MIGHT NEAR ANYTHING CAN BE REWORKED....YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE SAME OLE UNIT...IS IT WORTH IT?

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Same problem here on 2001 Tacoma; starter didn't operate even when jumped by another vehicle. Battery read 12.5V, so I checked the starter relay, starter contacts, ground wire. All ok. Removed starter & had it tested at parts store and it was ok too.

The problem? Battery had an internal short. Found it by disconnecting battery and hooking truck power & ground cables to another truck's battery using jumper cables. It fired right up. Replaced battery and it works perfectly.

A high rate discharge test would be able to tell you if the battery is bad even it might show 12.5 volts. If you had connected the voltmeter and note the voltage drop when you tried to crank the engine you would notice the voltage dropping to lower than 10 volts.