1987 toyota camry was running wont start, will not crank, replaced starter twice in the last six months thinking that was the problem

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This could be -

- dying battery. The most common cause. You might hear a click from the starter solenoid, or not, but no cranking.

- worn starter solenoid contacts. Here the battery is good, but no cranking.

- bad ground from the battery to the engine. Clean the terminals at both ends of this cable.

- defective starter or solenoid. Replace rather than repair, it is just as cheap.

Do you mean it won't crank, or it cranks but wont't fire ? The causes are different

May just need computer re-set..Free at most car part stores!

does it have the 4 cylinder engine? if yes you could have broken timing belt witch opens and closes intake and exhaust valves. same for V6 engines.the belt must be replaced and engine crank and cam shafts retimed with new belt istallation. one to tell is when cranking the engine turns over kinda fast.

its probably the ignition module in the distributor,can be intermittent,or stop when hot,sometimes module is intergrated into distributor so it may come as 1 unit,fairly common wont fix itself

try the starter, or alternator

How the starter. Hows the mass air flow censor those things alos affect the starting of a car.
Hows the fuel pump alos
What was the last time it did run how did it run was it doing any thing funny?
auto zone has pocket pc you can rent out ore if the car worked that checks the codes see what wrong narrow down to a section to figure it out. Wally world aslo sells them.

As you are finding out ....this is how you kill a car. You need fuel, spark, compression, and air to run an engine. Look for spark and fuel items to be working. A computer controls much of the spark part. They canbe sensitve electrically. If you are cranking ..starter sounds ok. Alt. will act up after you get started. concentrate on spark and spark control. Fuel and fuel control. This is what you need to start.

sounds like the starter is bad. it can be tested by a mehcanic or( most autoparts stores,) but you'll need to take it out yourself for them to do it.