rolltide81

hey yall really need a place to strat..so my wifes truck is a 1981 toyota truck .the problem is that it has a problem dieing at stop signs and red lights unless you rev the hell outta it wich sounded like a carb issue but also youll be going down the freeway and the engine will just cut out for a second without sputtering or anything for a second and then start up again even with yer foot on the gas .the problem is it dosnt happen all the time it ran great for 2 weeks and just yeaterday started doing it again.it just past smog so i kinda ruled that out.im not good with toyotas so if yall could help point me in a direction to start id really appreciate it its her daily driver ..thanks guys

83

That sounds kind of similar to what happened to mine, except I could always keep mine going if I had my foot on the gas. Mine was the fuel cut (also known as idle cut) solenoid. But like I said, mine would stay running if I kept my foot on the gas so it doesn't sound like that's your problem.

The best thing to do in any situation like this is rule things out, one by one. Test spark. Test fuel. Test compression.

If it's intermittent, it'll be hard to nail down the fuel and spark side of things...but if you get a service manual and test the ignitor and coil and stuff like that, it might tell you something. You might have multiple things going on but I don't know...

It passed smog? That would make me think it's not anything on the emissions side, which can be real pain to track down. I'm kinda thinking it's on the spark/electrical side. Hopefully somebody's run into this before and will respond.

sissylala1

Thats a rough one.I am also a girl with a 1980 Toyota daily driver I just bought a new engine when I bought the truck and have been 1 piece at a time turning the extra one into a stroker. Not sure where u live but craigs list I live in oregon and there is 2 20r engines for sale right now 1 is stock for 150 the other has a weber tranny and transfer case 350$ u will send more than that trying to figure it out good luck.

rolltide81

well i tested the fuel cut solenoid ive got new spark plugs,cap rotor the wiring in this thing is a rats nest ,i mean i hope its not a elec. problem

rolltide81

man i cant figure this out
today it ran somewhat decent

enigmaT120

I flat out hate intermittent problems. Sometimes I get where I wish the rig would just quit running, so I could finally figure out what's going on.

Does that year have points? Sometimes the ignition wires will rub on something and cause intermittent shorts, like where the wire will be moving a bit.

rolltide81

ok yall i wonder if this will work ..i bought the pick up assembbaly that goes from the ignition to the distributor that i guess acts like points the damn thing is just a couple of wires that has a brass plate the screws on to the distributor..its gonna get here tomarow so when i was lookin at it i thought it would just unplug but there is a plastic platethat says DO NOT REMOVE so i didnt because i didnt know what it did but from lookin at the part on the computer it seems i have to remove it to replace the ignition pick up assembaly ..so anyways has anyone replaced one of these and how was it..also could this be my problem seein as how this dumb thing was 90$ thanks yall

enigmaT120

Does anything look wrong with the old one?

I wonder if my truck has that. I've never even pulled off the distributor cap. I figured I would do what ever passes for a tune up on these when my odometer gets up to 30,000 miles, which could take another year or so.