need toyota help

jeswade · Nov 12, 2013

I have a 1983 Toyota 4x4 pickup 22r 5speed..i was driving and it just died on me..i tried to put gas in carb to start it but nothing..it turns over but wont start.. if it was the fuel pump wouldn't it still start when I put gas in the carb?? what could it be?? im not much of an mechanic so any help would be appreciated..

notstock · Nov 12, 2013

Check for spark next. Pull a sparkplug boot, stick a phillips screwdriver into the sparkplug connection on the boot. Hold on to the screwdriver handle, not the shaft or you will get shocked. Hold the screwdriver ~1/4" away from a steel part on the engine ( like one of the lift hooks) & have someone crank the engine. It should spark to the metal part from the screwdriver.

DHR Darren · Nov 12, 2013

Does it have spark...???

Igniter boxes fail in those.

Toy4runner · Nov 12, 2013

Also if there is spark try ether instead of gas. If that doesn't work, if you have a spare, swap the ECU, I had this same thing happen to me except I was pulling out of my driveway and it was on my Mitsubishi Eclipse when I had it.

WHITE TRASH1 · Nov 12, 2013

Smells like the ignitor died. Search on Pirate4x4 for directions on wiring a GM hei module in place of the overpriced ignitor. I ran 2 years on an HEI module, I'll never buy another factory ignitor again.

karhart77 · Nov 12, 2013

my vote is timing chain jumped...

crash2 · Nov 12, 2013

Toy4runner said:
Also if there is spark try ether instead of gas. If that doesn't work, if you have a spare, swap the ECU, I had this same thing happen to me except I was pulling out of my driveway and it was on my Mitsubishi Eclipse when I had it.

First gens were carbed--no ECU..

As mentioned start with spark (I lost an igniter once) and go from there. Also make sure the distributor is turning...

rover18 · Nov 13, 2013

I know this is a toyota thread, but my boat just up and died one day because the dizzy gear got stripped and my friend's truck just up and died because the roll pin sheared on the dizzy gear. Those were both Fords though. So, like Crash said, if no spark check to see if the rotor is spinning under the distributor cap.

Toy4runner · Nov 13, 2013

crash said:
First gens were carbed--no ECU..

As mentioned start with spark (I lost an igniter once) and go from there. Also make sure the distributor is turning...

Ack true, I was thinking 22re

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jeswade · Nov 13, 2013

checked out timing chain rotated the engine till top dead center rotor was on #1 wire... checked coil its ok.. igniter checked out ok.. got into truck turnd key and it started and ran till gas I primed with ran out..so I put more in and it wouldn't start..HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM im thinking carb??

crash2 · Nov 13, 2013

I would remove the fuel line from the carb and stick it into a bottle of some sort. Crank it over and see if it just kinda spits of has any sort of flow. Could be as simple as a bad pump.

WHITE TRASH1 · Nov 13, 2013

I had a pump die a couple years ago when the pin on the diaphragm pulled through the arm. Weirdest failure I've ever had.

jeswade · Nov 22, 2013

I checked full pump and its ok... now I went over put key in and it started right up..i drove it home and it keeps starting.. I just took it for a drive got 1 or so miles from home in 4th gear and it died..sat for maybe 10min and it started..could it be choke?? or the floats sticking and not letting gas in???

dfowlkes · Nov 23, 2013

Bad coil/ignitor

jeswade · Nov 26, 2013

checked them both they were fine... it will start run and then just die...sometimes it will start right away and then sometimes it wont start at all..