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There is a pickup coil in the distributor. I had one go bad. It didnt happen instantly though. Did you check all fuses.
My thoughts tomorrow is to just replace all of them under the driver and under the hood. We will see what tomorrow brings. Will report back.
Would the Toyota factory manual test procedures be any help to you?Gnarls.
Sorry I didn't see this before. A few things I've seen go wrong with the ignition can be diagnosed by a couple of small tests.I'm guessing the engine turns over. YES TURNS OVER WELLEFI or carby? CARBIf it's EFI and the "pop" sounded like it came from the cab a capacitor in the ECU may have popped. Even a small cap can announce like a shotgun. On a carby engine I'm not too sure if the ignition goes through the emissions computer. Pretty sure it doesn't. If a cap did pop you most likely would recognize an acrid odor.Could you give a better description of the "pop"? Intake? Exhaust? Something else? TO ME IT SOUNDED LIKE A BALLON POP. Have you looked under the valve cover to see if the timing chain is broken, or maybe severely jumped time? I HAVE NOT. I DID MAKE SURE THE ROTOR WAS STILL TURNING WHEN CRANKED OVER THOUGH. I COULDN'T MOVE IT MANUALLY. Is the distribritor drive gear intact? Is the pin holding the gear on the shaft intact? In the proper position? Can you turn the distributor with the rotor? Is the rotor shaft able to be pulled and pushed?Then, there is the ever present gremlin (rat) in the wiring harness.Hope ya get it figgered out quickly.
Yes sir
I checked it both at the coil wire going into distributor and at cylinder 2 and 3 with spark plug.
I suppose there are different ways to check the spark at the plug. I've done it the way my Dad taught me way back.I remove the plug, hold it really firmly against a good ground with a non-conductive item, and have someone spin the starter.I use a spark plug tester, less chance of getting bit with 25,000 volts. Gnarls.
My favorite suggestion for test spark is the tongue method.
My Dad was an old school auto mechanic.He showed me how to make a gasket out of a Wheaties cereal box with a ball & peenus hammer. I saw him once test the park plug wires on an old 6 cylinder DeSoto by grabbing quickly each one while the engine was idling. Every time he got zapped he'd swear really loud. Gnarls.
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