So Iv got a 97 LX450 that I rebuild 2 years ago, haven’t had a single issue till this. How it all started,
I’m driving to work and while I’m at the stop light, I notice a very slight change in idle. I look down, oh the A/C button is on, hence the idle up. Boom, crank it off. All’s good. Didn’t think much of it after that..
I get to work. Less then 5 miles from the stop light I was at and I sat for a minute and then turned it off and a few hours later I go to leave and I turn the key to crank and it does it’s think for 3-4 cranks and I turn the key back and hmmm.. didn’t fire. Ehh it’s a land cruiser. Maybe I needed to hold it one more fire.. nope. Just cranks and cranks and cranks. I don’t hold it over 4 cranks even now that’s it’s not running.
here are my checks. I have a FSM btw.
i am not getting spark from the coil to the distributor. And obviously not spark after that. I am getting 12v to the + pin on the harness side of the coil. So coil is getting power but not sending it out.
I have a BRAND new fuseable link on. I had an extra. Nothing.
Called a buddy and got a coil off a running truck. His checks out resistance wise. I can’t seam to get a good reading on mine with a volt meter but his didn’t work in my truck so mine is probably fine.
I have tried to test resistance at the distributor and I can get a good reading. I cracked the plug on the dizzy when I put the motor in but it’s been working fine since. I did notice that my rotor has a small chip in it but I’m not getting spark to that anyway so.
maybe someone can educate me on what I should check and try next!? I have my FSM but I’d like to hear some other ideas and such.
cheers.
I’m driving to work and while I’m at the stop light, I notice a very slight change in idle. I look down, oh the A/C button is on, hence the idle up. Boom, crank it off. All’s good. Didn’t think much of it after that..
I get to work. Less then 5 miles from the stop light I was at and I sat for a minute and then turned it off and a few hours later I go to leave and I turn the key to crank and it does it’s think for 3-4 cranks and I turn the key back and hmmm.. didn’t fire. Ehh it’s a land cruiser. Maybe I needed to hold it one more fire.. nope. Just cranks and cranks and cranks. I don’t hold it over 4 cranks even now that’s it’s not running.
here are my checks. I have a FSM btw.
i am not getting spark from the coil to the distributor. And obviously not spark after that. I am getting 12v to the + pin on the harness side of the coil. So coil is getting power but not sending it out.
I have a BRAND new fuseable link on. I had an extra. Nothing.
Called a buddy and got a coil off a running truck. His checks out resistance wise. I can’t seam to get a good reading on mine with a volt meter but his didn’t work in my truck so mine is probably fine.
I have tried to test resistance at the distributor and I can get a good reading. I cracked the plug on the dizzy when I put the motor in but it’s been working fine since. I did notice that my rotor has a small chip in it but I’m not getting spark to that anyway so.
maybe someone can educate me on what I should check and try next!? I have my FSM but I’d like to hear some other ideas and such.
cheers.