Ahh this car with be the death of my wallet!!

Mitt:
been trying to find something that allow me to record both audio and video. I would use my laptop and a webcam but my lappies out of commision as well lol. (stupid toshibas and crappy dc adapters)

Also on a side note does anyone have an known working ecu for a 3s-fe they are willing to part with for free (minus shipping costs). Im not sure it is that but wouldnt hurt to check.

 

first this post is not in anger lol sorry if it seems like it is

86gtscaged:
i haven't had the engine professionally timed (IE with a timing light. for reason see posts above.) I have it based timed tho and it should run fine with that just lack some power. it has for the past 2.5 weeks anyway.

I have checked/replaced the plugs several times (more for ruling them out then anything else.)

as far as has the car ever run right, yes it has been running for 2 months before my timing belt decided to be old and strip teeth and for the past 2.5 weeks after the timing belt was replaced (yes i did it myself).

i do own a haynes manual its thanks to that i have accomplished so much lol.

Mafix:
yes its a usdm 3s-fe, engine has 170k on it. doesnt leak fluids, ect. I will try the jumper thing tonight.

to clarify i know where the b+ pin is but is there one for the fuel pump and if not what do you mean by jump the fuel pump?

another thing i will be trying is removing my cat, as a freind thinks it may be clogged.

i will post the results of all that later tomorrow morning around 2-3 am.

 

it dies out if i rev (and hold like trying to drive steady but in neutral) it close to 3 k yes. it will also die out if i let it idle too long or if i rev/let off/rev/let off/rev.

 

i could see that as well but i havent jumped any teeth as ive check the belts timing when i installed the new distro. and it was aligned correctly. (i made sure my lower pulley notch was 0 and that my top pulley (cam?) was on the upper stroke and 0 (tdc) i used a paper clip *as per the haynes manual* to check proper tdc.

I will check again tonight though and see what that brings.

also i can rev it up and it runs great till it decides to die. (had to drive like formula 1 racer to make it back to parking lot yesterday and was keeping it @ 4-5 rpm whole way and it actually never did anything till i got it back to parking lot and let it idle a bit, altho i know thats prolly a shot of luck as it has died plenty of other times @ those rpms/gears.

 

dont fuel pumps usually just die tho, i dont think i have ever heard of one working and then stopping, and then working again.

 

do they sell this as a kit? and if so anyone know prices i should expect to pay.

thinks he should open a shop lol. i have more tools, parts then i know what todo with these days

i can tell you once this is fixed if i dont already own these things i am buying them.

a timing light
a fuel pressure/injector testing kit

 

I am tired so i am going to double check the timing markers again tomorrow but i think they may be off :S

i may just realign the whole damn thing just to be 100% sure.

k going to bed will mess with it in the morning.

 

okay checked the timing and its fine (base timing that is).

now your not going to beleive this and i havent tried it so not sure its the fix but kinda makes sense. i noticed this morning (by pure coincidence) that if i barley turn the key my car fires right up *instead of taking forever to start like normal*. i was talking with a guy i work with (used to be a mechanic is now a system admin, odd career change huh) and he says there is a box under my dash (close to steering column that controls the state the car is in (on, off, ect). he thinks that is loose.

so i will check that saturday as i will be here for the next 2 days since i have no car/no way to get home.