Hi guys,
first time posting in the tech forums and I'm looking for some advice but here is a little back story on the vehicle before I get to the problem. This is my first cruiser and also my first time working on a vehicle, so please pardon my ignorance or clumsy explanations.
I bought a 1985 fj60 in Chicago about a month ago with the intent of using it for my 10 min drive to work each day. Had it checked out by a mechanic before purchase and got two thumbs way up, he told me other that routine maintenance, should have no issues. Its got 134K on her and visually looks great. I live in upstate NY and the plan was to take the train out and drive it home. I got it about halfway home, broke down, and had to rent a uhaul to tow it the rest of the way home.
A mechanic that i know took a look at it and said it was definitely the fuel pump, so we replaced that and the new pump seemed to fix the issues.
Last weekend, I was driving to a buddies and the rig sputtered out again. Felt like what happened before when the fuel pump went bad, except for this time I could get it to start back up but as soon as I tried to accelerate, it would sputter out again.
The first thing I did was replace the fuel filter. Same issues still, new filter wouldn't fill up with gas.
Tried pouring a little gas in to carburetor and again it would start right up and even idol a bit but after the fuel was burned off, it would die again. Couldn't get any fuel to draw from the tank.
Next, thinking maybe the main fuel line was clogged, we blew that out with an air compressor. One guy stood at the gas cap and we got air coming out back there and could hear bubbles in the tank so that wasn't the issue ,but again still won't start.
So this is where I'm at and not sure what to try next. I'm hoping some of you experienced cruiser guys may be familiar with issues like this.
Any tips would be much appreciate!
Thanks!!!
first time posting in the tech forums and I'm looking for some advice but here is a little back story on the vehicle before I get to the problem. This is my first cruiser and also my first time working on a vehicle, so please pardon my ignorance or clumsy explanations.
I bought a 1985 fj60 in Chicago about a month ago with the intent of using it for my 10 min drive to work each day. Had it checked out by a mechanic before purchase and got two thumbs way up, he told me other that routine maintenance, should have no issues. Its got 134K on her and visually looks great. I live in upstate NY and the plan was to take the train out and drive it home. I got it about halfway home, broke down, and had to rent a uhaul to tow it the rest of the way home.
A mechanic that i know took a look at it and said it was definitely the fuel pump, so we replaced that and the new pump seemed to fix the issues.
Last weekend, I was driving to a buddies and the rig sputtered out again. Felt like what happened before when the fuel pump went bad, except for this time I could get it to start back up but as soon as I tried to accelerate, it would sputter out again.
The first thing I did was replace the fuel filter. Same issues still, new filter wouldn't fill up with gas.
Tried pouring a little gas in to carburetor and again it would start right up and even idol a bit but after the fuel was burned off, it would die again. Couldn't get any fuel to draw from the tank.
Next, thinking maybe the main fuel line was clogged, we blew that out with an air compressor. One guy stood at the gas cap and we got air coming out back there and could hear bubbles in the tank so that wasn't the issue ,but again still won't start.
So this is where I'm at and not sure what to try next. I'm hoping some of you experienced cruiser guys may be familiar with issues like this.
Any tips would be much appreciate!
Thanks!!!