i changed the fuel filter on my 85 pickup, 22re 5spd. then when i went to start it up nothin happens. all the lights come on but it wont crank period. think i might have screwd teh starter up while i was wrestlin the filter on or off? theres a loud clickin noise comin from the starter now like its arking or somethin. we tried to roll start it and itll try to start that way. im lost. any help?

come on fellers help a yotatecher out

where do you see arch burns at?

i didnt see them it justsounds like thats whats happnin

well u should a constant power to the main power lead on starter...

u should only have power on the solenoid wire when you turn the key all the way forward to the start switch.

x2 check power going to the starter

ok thanks guys fro your help. im figuring i knocked somethin loose takin off the old filter. if youve ever changed one a 22re you kno how that goes.

so are you saying the clickin noise isnt a problem?

Clean contacts n check ground.

me and my dad had to kinda rig my ground wire on teh battery up today during the filter install. its pretty corroded with only imagination holdin it on. we put a screw in it but i dont think that woulda hurt but. thanks teuf i completely forgot about the starter contacts

No prob, finally i helped somebody lol, good luck.

does your trucks start yet????

check all grounds..

a pair of jumper cables lying around can make a great ground when figuring out if you have bad terminal ground leads from the battery..


a new set of leads are pretty cheap. i would go to a 8 gauge set of wires.. from any parts store that carrys lead's

Same thing happened to me, it was a little wire that I knocked off, one of those clips that just pulls apart, the same as on speakers and stuff. I couldn't see it unless i was laying under the truck, just look reeeeaaly hard and close

ya it dosent take to much to make the solenoid wire to come off.. the starter.. starting is the best place to look.

well i fixed this problem, the wire beside the main one goin to the starter came un hooked. the new filter didnt help any. its still hard to start and gettin worse by the day. i took it my mechanic the other day and the whole way there, especially uphill, it was spittin and sputterin horrible and wont hardly maek up hills. he checked the fuel pressure, its good, and checked the fuel pump, its good. he said he cant figure out whats wrong with it. he had a guy that works on alot of toyotas coem check it out, and he said hed never seen one act this way before. sometimes it starts up easy and runs great, then sometimes he hardly starts and runs horrible. im runnin out of answers. after the PO rebuilt it, it sat fro about 1yr, with only him drivin it about 100 miles in 12months, then it sat fro about 6months. is it possible its jsut got bad gas in it? ive put gas in it twice. it seems liek the longer it sets, the easier it is to start. anybody have any ideas?

bump for some suggestions?

vapor lock?

basic tune up?

a little update. mechanic said the timing was dead on, i forgot to mention that. and 1990yota, i think its more than a tune up but it wouldnt hurt nothin. its also throw a CEL fro about 10 secs at a time.

have you tried shorting that connector in the engine compartment to get the check engine light to flash trouble codes? Because if it's giving you a check engine light then it probably stored the problem in the ecu.

thanks fro your response. no sir i havnt tried that, im not really sure on how to do it. ill have to do a little searchin