RESOLVED! - 2014 delayed start, but runs well - Worse in cold and 2nd starts

For the starter R&R per Toyota, you go in from the top, pulling the passenger side exhaust manifold. Others have steps to go in through the side/under, by removing heat shield, trans lines, and doing that way... 6 vs half dozen sort of thing, but it's tight in there. Definitely expensive to have the Dealer do it, and an indy shop may have been able to do it for less.

 

Yikes.

 

No joke. On my 40 series, its cake. On my old XJ it was cake. My old Pathfinder...cake....more modern vehicles with everything crammed in tight...not cake.

 

I’ve pulled the starter on my 2000 Tundra 4.7. Requires removal of the intake manifold.