95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

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Old 11-09-2003 | 10:28 PM
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I have had a similar situation. Mine was due to a bad connection incoming to the coil. These things don't just go bad all that much. Use any old plug, see if you have a spark. If not, you've got to me missing power to coil - from reading what you said so far.
Old 11-09-2003 | 10:29 PM
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Put one wire in where the coil contact is(where the plug attaches), connect the end of the wire to your light, then attach the other wire to the other contact on the light, and touch the other end of that wire to a ground(anywhere).
Old 11-10-2003 | 01:30 PM
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My uncle said I also could have burnt the rotor on the distributor. Does that sound like a possible cause?
Old 11-10-2003 | 01:40 PM
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Burnt the rotor on the dist? Nahh, highly unlikely. You just changed it anyway. Besides, I have seen a Nissan NX run 120K miles on the original rotor. You sure it's getting fuel?
Old 11-10-2003 | 01:41 PM
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Yep, I know for a fact that it's getting fuel. There's no spark, but if I find that there isn't any power going to the coil, what could cause it?
Old 11-10-2003 | 01:50 PM
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my 2 cents...
You prolly either got some cheap wires or a bad cap & rotor. Since you just replaced them maybe you could try putting the old wires back on.
Old 11-10-2003 | 04:05 PM
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I know the wires are good, because #1 I tested them, and #2 they are toyota. The cap and rotor arn't bad because I just bought new one's today. It's not the coil. It could be the igniter though. I went to the dealer today and talked to them, they said that might be the problem and I should test it. Well I've got the multi-meter, but I don't know what to test on it. If it is the problem, I'm royally screwed because they want $400 at the dealer! I have $100 to my name right now. I'm screwed:cry:
Old 11-10-2003 | 05:08 PM
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Anyone had a problem with the igniters?
Old 11-10-2003 | 05:23 PM
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Try this.....remove your distributor cap and crank the engine over. If your rotor turns you can eliminate the possibility of your timing belt being bad. This can obviously be the cause of not having any spark. This was my problem last year when mine suddenly quit.
Old 11-10-2003 | 06:19 PM
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Well, I hopefully found the source to the problem. It's the igniter. I used a test light to find that there is power going to the igniter, there for, by careful elimination, I determined that the igniter is the possible cause to my lack of spark. I'm going to napa to find out how much it should be. It was 250 at checker here, so I'd imagine that it isn't much more than that. Now I've got to do the fun thing called borrowing money.
Old 11-11-2003 | 10:27 AM
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I can make a scan of the OEM electrics diagram. What engine and what year? 1990 3.0 ?
Old 11-11-2003 | 10:34 AM
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That's the one.
Old 11-11-2003 | 10:45 AM
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Allright. Scanning in progress.
Modem or DSL?
Old 11-11-2003 | 11:07 AM
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T-3, I'm on the school server.
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