74' Celica ST - Won't Start!

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I have a 1974 Toyota Celica ST 2.0 Liter, 2 Brl. Carb.

Last night the exhaust hanger decided to work it's way loose. Okay, no problem I thought, damn, I was wrong... the exhaust crack'ed off at the header. So I had to hack-saw the exhaust in two and rip it out of the POS.

To make a long story short I made it almost home; about 25 miles on the freeway. No problem besides the fact it was loud as hell dumping straight out of the manifold. I get on the off-ramp, roll up to the stop light, it's idling okay. When the light turns green I get on it hard and shift to seccond, after that every thing just shuts off. I put the clutch in and try to start it, cranks and fires but won't stay on except for the time I'm cranking it. WTF? So while its rolling I figure I'll just roll it over by popping the clutch out, kind of wants to start but keeps VIOLENTLY locking up the rear wheels. I try this about three times before I'm out of speed.

I went back to where it was today... and I can't figure out what needs to be done!

getting spark to the wires

i think it's getting fuel, (i know it is up to the fuel filter)

possibly the fuel pump

I would think it would be running lean because of no exhaust but I can't figure out wtf is going on!

It will only run for the amount of time that I have the starter on!

Sorry about the shitty post, I'm frustrated!!!

Late,
Brandon

[Tercel GTS]

Sounds like an ignition switch to me. Look around the column and see if the wires may have come loose, if not I'd buy the electrical part of the ignition switch and try it.

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Damn... it ended up being a fuse... how stupid is that?