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Selling my 95 Toyota 4Runner rather than have it sit when I leave for my study abroad program in January. It has 166,000 miles on the body, with all the usual paint peel and older-looking inside (see pics). But it's clean and has no structural damage. It has about 20,000 miles on the...

Trying to love mine, but the damn thing keeps breaking down on me every time I start to feel a little better about it. :cry2:

The engine is brand new so it was all recently assembled...so that is a possibility.

I've only really had it happen after it's warmed up a little.

Yea I tested it, the line didn't fix anything. I have no idea what it was for. But I'm still having the problem. I'm at a loss here.

So I was poking around and found a tube that wasn't plugged in at all. Do you know what this is at all? I took a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx_mSVFY4iE&feature=youtu.be

But I mean, if it's the ignitor, why wouldn't it still happen even in cruise control?

The distributor is new, but I'll go take a look at it. Thanks though. This has been a nightmare.

It does NOT accelerate, my foot was completely on the gas that whole time. As soon as the rpms drop, the gas pedal becomes dead weight. I can stomp it up and down all I want, engine doesn't do anything, doesn't move, doesn't rev, it does nothing. Soon as I press down the clutch or wait for a...

I recorded a video of it happening, so you can take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXBn28Jjzps&feature=youtu.be

It's not throwing any codes. Igniter seems to be fine. (At least thats what the shop says) I can't tell if the engine is actually off is because this only happens when I'm driving, anywhere from 20-90 mph (cant find any correlation between speed and this happening) and my tires and everything...

Yea it's definitely not the key thing. I shook the crap out of it, and twisted it just a bit, but nothing happens except the truck turns off when turn left too far, but that's what it's supposed to do of course.

I'll try the key thing right now, but it goes away as soon as I press in the clutch, that's the part that confuses me. Also I'm not sure if the engine is turning off or not, the RPM meter just drops to 0 and then jumps back up after I either press in the clutch or wait about 10 seconds. I'm...

So I finally got the chance to take my truck into the shop, where they cannot find the problem. They said it could either be the vehicle's computer, ignition wiring, or the igniter itself, although the igniter is basically brand new.:tsk: If I can't get a shops help on this, I'll have to do it...

Looking for a 5-speed transmission from either a 2nd or 3rd (I believe they used the same tranny?) to put in my runner. Mine is close to dying here, and I'm not looking to get stuck somewhere because of it. It's got too many issues and I don't have time for a rebuild or anything like that. If...