So, the other day I was waiting at a red light in town when I heard a tic-tic-tic-tic start up somewhere under the hood about directly in front of me and maybe a little to the left. I had just enough time to think "That doesn't sound good. I should look into it sometime" before the engine died
If the "tic" was more like a "snap", something was grounding out.
I've tried everything I can think of, but can't get spark. The coil checks out as best as I can tell with a cheap ohm meter, the HT lead to the distributor checks out, and there is 12V at the brown wire coming to the igniter. Do I conclude the igniter is bad?
The 1985 FSM located
here will walk you through the steps from checking the wires through the igniter.
I am hesitant to replace a $200 part on the grounds that all the others seem fine. Especially since many people say this is a really rare failure. But then again, that noise could have been the igniter shorting inside...
P.S. It's an '85 22r. Lots of miles on the igniter, too: at least 150,000
You have to understand that your rig is 32yrs old and you live in an extreme climate, you passed the "rare Toyota part failure" time frame about 8-10yrs ago.
