starting problems please help

[Zerorob]

ok heres the deal... the cars an 85 sr5, i replaced the coil ignitor rotor and cap. and still no spark. theres a fuse or relay missing from the EFI plug on the fuse box in the engine bay. all the fuses are fine throughout the rest of teh car, when i turn it to on i dont hear a fuel pump either but i guess there mechanicle maybe on the carb ?. anyway im at a loss i have no idea what to do now...

the car turns over tho

[Zerorob]

so i found the problem, the camshaft snapped at the second bearing no idea how the previous owner musta not put oil in it... it stripped down the gorves pretty good and im gonna need a whole new head, but hey its only a 4AC so im just gonna find myself a twincam

[Ivan141]

wow... that might explain the lack of spark...distributor not turning.
You've got the right idea...get a 4age and be done with it. Just hope you can find a wrecked GTS to grab all the stuff you'll need for a conversion from. It's not exactly simple to convert from sr5 to gt spec.

[Zerorob]

yeah i know... i actually found one with a "jdm from fenders and bumper, and hatch" for $500, but its far away... whats with the front wheel drive ae92s having the distributer out the back... how would you utilize that engine ? wouldnbt the distro hit the firewall ?

[Zerorob]

oh yeah are these no interference engines ?

[Ivan141]

Ehm...ae92 engine with distributor out the back?? If you've seen a 4age powered ae92 with the distributor out the back go buy it right this instance!
Only 20v 4age's have the dizzy out the back. Maybe you've seen a 4AFE 16v. (the ones with only 1 camgear). Dont get one of those (not that they're bad engines for daily driving/economy).

[Ivan141]

BTW, 4age are non-interference, as are 4AFE's and 4AC's. Dunno about the 20valve and ae92 redtop 4age though, those have higher compression pistons, not too sure if thet are non-interference designs.

[Zerorob]

hmm im pretty sure it was a 20valve tho... ill go take a look and take a picture then you can tell me what it is... i hadnt slept in 2 days so i wasnt paying much attention but i know 100% the distro was out the back and it was a twin cam

[Zerorob]

wasnt! im sure it was a 16 valve

[Zerorob]

yup i must say its pretty sweet lol