87 Celica will not start - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

boycat1 · 10-07-2005, 07:11 PM

Hello I am a first time user of this forum. I have a 87 GT Convertible Celica that I bought off Ebay a few years ago. After putting some TLC into it and a couple more thousand dollars it has been a good little car. Saved me thousands on gas even before the huge hike. My tension pulley froze and burned up my belt. Like I have read in other post Gates states that there is nothing else you have to do other than replacing everything with a new kit. We did that and the car had a nasty spark knock. It ran for about 2 days and died. We have not been able to get any spark at all. I have replaced the igniter with a used one and the ECM. The distributor is 2 years old...thinking that maybe the pick up was damaged we replaced that as well but nothing. I was told that possibly the Ignition Relay could be bad. It is clicking...is there any test to check that thing out? I doubt that is it...since it was running then started missing and sputtering and then died leaving me on the side of the road. It has been 2 weeks since then and we are running out of answers. Can anyone out there help me???

alltracman78 · 10-08-2005, 09:02 AM

Where are you at in NC?

You're not getting any spark at all at the coil?
If so, it has nothing to do with your dist.
Is the ignitor sending a signal to the coil?

deekay140 · 10-08-2005, 08:27 PM

replace the coil

boycat1 · 10-09-2005, 08:38 PM

Thank you for the reply. From the test that we've done there is nothing coming from the igniter. We replaced it with a used one...and still no spark. The coil is intergrated into the distributor. We replaced the entire distributor with a new one and no luck. I live in Farmville. Small town just west of Greenville.

alltracman78 · 10-09-2005, 11:42 PM

First off, unless you want to spend all kinds of $$$$, before you start replacing parts, verify....

Is the ignitor getting signal?

And I'm a ways out from you.
In Camp Lejeune.

boycat1 · 10-10-2005, 04:54 PM

Cool my sister lives in Jacksonville. I lived there for several years...Northwoods, Piney Green Rd, Onslow Pines Rd. OK I am going to take the used igniter that I bought off Ebay over to Greenville Toyo. The service manager is a friend and they will do a test on it to make sure that it is good.