QuestionMy son's 88 Toyota PU EFI 4 Cyl engine cut out on him while 4 wheeling. A long story short, we've gotten it back to the point of failure, (after he burned ignition wires bridging a 30a fuse, pulling the dist. w/o marking it, replacing most igintion parts, except plug wires, etc.). Put engine to TDC on compression (0 on timing plate, rotor towards #1 plug on dist cap) and it fires, but won't stay running. I'm thinking iginition switch. Obviously, we'll need to adjust the timing, once it stays fired. Anything else I should be looking at beside the ignition switch?
AnswerIt's not the ignition switch.
You said that there were some ignition wires burned, were these wires repaired? Which 30A fuse was bridged?
Normally a fuse blows because there is a direct short circuit to ground, if the fuse is jumped with a wire or other means the wires that are the problem will burn, this is the reason they put fuses in, to keep wiring from burning, wires will always burn at the point of least resistance.
I guess my question is, were the wires fixed and was the fuse replaced and is there still a problem with the fuse blowing?
