Sometimes my U.S. '83 FJ40 starts right up, and sometimes I have to re-charge the battery multiple times before it will start. It is in northern Michigan, but it doesn't matter if the temperature is 90 F in the summer or 10 F in the winter. Sometimes it starts right up. Sometimes I have to re-charge the battery 4 or 5 times before it starts.
When it won't start, it seems to be more likely to start the next day - but not always. The battery is fine, so that's not the issue. When it doesn't start right up, I haven't found any combination of choke, gas pedal depression, etc. that makes it more likely to fire. When it does finally start, it seems to be independent of anything I have done.
It has been most likely to start when cold with full choke, a single push of the gas pedal, and a little feathering of the gas pedal when the starter motor is going. This works about 10% of the time. This is a consistent issue over the last couple of years, since I bought it - and over many tanks of gas (I use 90 octane, ethanol-free rec gas, so I don't think it is water in the gasoline).
I just had it start right up consistently several times over the last couple of months during cold northern Michigan weather, but it won't start again today during somewhat warmer weather.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
Paul
When it won't start, it seems to be more likely to start the next day - but not always. The battery is fine, so that's not the issue. When it doesn't start right up, I haven't found any combination of choke, gas pedal depression, etc. that makes it more likely to fire. When it does finally start, it seems to be independent of anything I have done.
It has been most likely to start when cold with full choke, a single push of the gas pedal, and a little feathering of the gas pedal when the starter motor is going. This works about 10% of the time. This is a consistent issue over the last couple of years, since I bought it - and over many tanks of gas (I use 90 octane, ethanol-free rec gas, so I don't think it is water in the gasoline).
I just had it start right up consistently several times over the last couple of months during cold northern Michigan weather, but it won't start again today during somewhat warmer weather.
Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
Paul