Recent content by shoengine

Not familiar with that, but I'll look it up in the manual. FYI, the negative battery clamp was loose on the terminal, and I cut off the old clamp and attached a new one. Not sure if they were related, but having a good connection is definitely important.

The vehicle was running fine for a few weeks, but now I'm getting a code (22) and it dies randomly at stop lights. Idle seems good, around 650-700. CEL flashes but when I check it is just an issue with the coolant temperature sensor (according to the book). I tested the sensor before I installed...

Good to know. This is my only vehicle with a distributor so I only know what I've read. Right now it just has a loose fitting cap on the vent hole so it shouldn't cause any positive pressure. One more thing, the top of the distributor area under the rotor is pretty dirty. Is that normal with...

Thanks @Old Nick , I don't participate on this forum a whole lot because I don't really have a lot of interaction with this vehicle (it's the wife's primary form of transportation so I'm flirting with danger any time I dig into it), so that is probably part of it. I have the maintenance...

Complaining? No. Asking for help, yes. I apologize if I offended your sensibilities. I do have a proper question in the thread if you'd like to read through it.

Well, car starts again. Glad it was just the ignition system being about 10 - 15 years out of maintenance. Only put about 20K on it, but very surprised this wasn't serviced when we brought it in during 2015!

Even the rotor was screwed. Took it off and the contract broke off.

Just realized this, but the new cap only has one vacuum hose connection, and neither the hose from the intake or the firewall connects to it. Does the cap need a vacuum? Can I just connect the firewall hose directly to the intake?

Pulled the spark plug from the rear most cylinder. Totally out of spec. Probably close to 0.038 gap. Took out the remaining and only #1 was close to spec at about .034

Pulled the codes yesterday: 22, 24, 31, 51. Nothing that seemingly would prevent the vehicle from starting. On the other hand, the cap is not looking good so I'm going to replace that, the rotor, plugs and wires, since none of that had been done since we've owned it.

Our '89 FJ62 had a hard start this morning, which is unusual. It is quite cold here (for us, 30° F), but has been and this is the first I noticed. My wife had this happen about a year ago, so proceeded to turn it over with some heavy throttle and after about 20 seconds got it to start. I had the...

Yeah, it was an auto. What do they do with the old ones? Are they not rebuilt?

We took it into torfab and they said it was toast. I was surprised that they didn't have any rebuild options. According to them rebuilders are few and far between. They ended up getting a known good used one and installing one. So far so good!

I'm having some issues with my FJ62. In first gear it has started making a noise of some kind, like a grinding noise. It seems to go away in second and beyond, but it is definitely causing some worry. Tranny fluid seems to be proper in hot, and I tried to check the transfer case but I don't seem...

3FE?