i have a problem my car wont well start... i was changin the oil and the filter was a bitch to get off and i think i knocked somin loose tryin to get it out of the bay. it started when i was backing off the ramps but after i turned it off it wouldnt turn back over. it seems like it is trying to turn over but it wont. any advice..
check the starter motor wiring. its most likely that or a dodgy solenoid in the starter motor. i had a starter solenoid fail the same way.
yeah when i was moving it off the ramps it was missfiring really bad
check to see if the dizzy screws came loose and your timing went outa wack. You gotta let us know what all you touched in the bay so we can ssess what might have gone wrong. Check for grounds all around on parts and check for anything that you just see lying around.
there are two types of distributors on the NA motor. one has a four wire plug that goes up and joins onto the injector loom, and the other has a 2 wire plug that (if i remember correctly) plugs into the alternator wiring loom. check you havent dislodged the plug when changing the oil filter.
an easy way to tell which dizzy you have is the four wire one has three separate plugs into the computer, the two wire one has a single plug in the computer.
hope this helps....
alright i\'ll check all that and get back to you i am probably gonna replace the starter and the timing belt and the distributor just because it wouldnt hurt.
make sure you use a reduction drive starter like the original...
you cant change the belt as its a chain drive on an fj...
and good luck with the dizzy, they are hard to find and are usually expensize!
stupid Q, but did you knock the coil wire like half off? ive seen this happen..it sputters bad due to little spark..
actually i got her running the other day. i was checkin wires and connection and after messing with those it started right up. i dont know what i did but if it does it again i will check those wires closer