Need help getting my 1992 80 Series “yard find” to start!! (1 Viewer)

[deweydewey]

I recently picked up a 1992 LandCruiser 80 series (3FE) for $1,400. It has been sitting around outdoors for at least a decade. Guy I got it from got it from a buddy who’s late father owned it so nobody knows anything about it. Guy I got it from said it ran on starting fluid up until after this winter. I replaced the fuel pump and jumped the B+ -Fp and i can here fuel both at the tank and at the block but haven’t checked my injectors. It cranks with a jumper to the starter and has a bad starter solenoid.. bypassing that for now until I get it idling. Due to the crank/ no start I replaced spark plugs to no avail. I ordered a new distributor cap and rotor so we’ll see if that changes anything.. also replaced fuseable link. EFI relay seems okay, when key is in “on” I get CEL, voltage, headlights, horn, doors, ect… key switch doesn’t work so i was using a jumper from the solenoid to the battery while in run position to get it to crank. The wire that comes out of the bottom of the distributor and goes to the starter solenoid has also been spliced off and is hanging out of the hood. Again, I’m wanting to get it idling before replacing my solenoid and fixing the ignition. Big question.. Why am I not getting spark? Won’t run on starting fluid, don’t want to kill my starter.
I am new to working on cars and have never owned a Toyota before so I’ll take any help…
164k miles.
Iv posted a few videos about it on my TikTok acc @dewesy

 

[60 toy ota]

Timing, compression, fuel, air.

Take out a spark plug, plug it into the wire, and hold the tip against a metal surface while cranking. If it sparks, you've got spark. If not, cap and rotor are good starting places, next would be ignitor

Timing ought to be fine if it was running before with no physical changes.

Compression is low suspect for the same reason seeing that it hasn't been driven. You'd also likely hear a difference.

Fuel is a likely suspect but is easily ruled out with starting fluid.

Let us know if you confirm spark

 

[deweydewey]

Timing, compression, fuel, air.

Take out a spark plug, plug it into the wire, and hold the tip against a metal surface while cranking. If it sparks, you've got spark. If not, cap and rotor are good starting places, next would be ignitor

Timing ought to be fine if it was running before with no physical changes.

Compression is low suspect for the same reason seeing that it hasn't been driven. You'd also likely hear a difference.

Fuel is a likely suspect but is easily ruled out with starting fluid.

Let us know if you confirm spark

Pulled plug #2 and no spark. I ordered the cap and rotor and I’ll try to track down some new wires as well. Will update when I install