87 p/u issues

[toyota-87]

Hello, please advise…

1987 Toyota 22R Pick Up Issue

The truck had been sitting for 3 years after it died from the timing chain rubbing through the timing chain cover & the engine blowing a head gasket & momentarily seized (sprayed wd40 in the block after I removed the head & the next day manually turned over w/o a problem)… fast forward 3 years… I had the head machined, new timing chain & cover, new gaskets, drained gas tank, new fuel filter, distributor cap, wires and put it all back together. Went to fire it up, turned over fine, noticed there was no gas getting to carb so replaced fuel pump. Gas is now getting to carb and it was popping and seemed like it wanted to start but didn’t. The oil dip stick shot out like a bottle rocket so I read the book a little more, took apart the oil pressure relief valve and checked if I had left any vacuum hoses off to the choke (I also have a 1988 22R truck to reference) noticed a couple left off & a couple on the wrong connection. Double checked the hoses and tried firing it up again… still acts like it wanted to start but just won’t, seems as though the oil pressure is fine now, at least the dip stick isn’t blowing off…I’d hate to give up now, any suggestions or direction ?? Thanks Kirk

[Greasygreg]

try moving the distributor a little, first one way, try that then go the other way.if this helps, (or not even) youmight want to double check timing marks-distributor relation.dont give up

[G_RIDE]

the first thing you need to do is adjust the valves then perform a cylinder leak down test, make sure you dont have a bent valve. then check that your timing is correct(use a timing light) check to make sure your getting spark.