Help with a non-starting problem, it all started with a misfire Options

[nightryder]

My celi randomly started misfiring a ouple days back. Cylinder 1 and 4. soo i decided, i was due to change the plugs anyway, so i did the swap. drove the car around, still misfires.

So i took a closer look at my spark wires and the bottoms were a little coroded, over a year and a half old, so i traded them in on a warranty.

I pulled them out in the autozone parking lot so i could swap them in, got the new ones, put those in, and now the car wont start at all.

It turns over, the starter is working, But its not staring up. I can get it to stumble over once or twice, but it refuses to stay that way.

I checked the order like 20 diff times, thats fine, the battery and starter are fine, so im kinda stuck.

The only thing that was changed form the time the car was running to when it wasnt, was the spark plug wires. So that being the only variable, what could be wrong? I was thinking maybe a fuel problem, but its kinda weird that that would happen right as im changing the boots.

i had her towed to my house so shes sitting in my yard...lifeless. Any ideas?

[Bitter]

are you getting spark to the spark plugs?

[nightryder]

i havent had time to check, i need to do that when i get home, i plan on having a nice game of musical sprakplugs tonight

[bobw]

Check the cap and rotor, odds are there's corrosion on the cap if there was corrosion on the plug wires. Also the rotor shoud prolly be replaced while you have the cap off.

[nightryder]

Check the cap and rotor, odds are there's corrosion on the cap if there was corrosion on the plug wires. Also the rotor shoud prolly be replaced while you have the cap off.

one step ahead of you bob, while i was stranded at autozone I decided to shop for parts and the cap and rotor were cheap, so i bought them and replaced them right there in the lot.

still no life in the engine.

I have time today to fiddle around with the plugs, ill get back on later this afternoon.

[LewFX]

stop buying autozone parts for one..buy geniune toyota wires or go ngk..dealer sells the cap and rotor for under 25 i think..check your o/2 sensor and clean out your aic with carb cleaner.

[Batman722]

check your ignigter and coil too Nate.

[hurley97]

after the new wires didn't work did you put the old ones back in to make sure it was a new problem all together and not just defective wires?

[XS4lv1Truch0x]

ya check the coil

[nightryder]

alright, I would first like to start by defending my purchase decision.....

I dont usually shop at autozone, i had the wires under warranty, so i didnt feel like dropping another 70 bux if i didnt have to, when they didnt work and i was stranded, i figured id try something new. I know not to buy regular stuff there anymore.

ok back to the issue...

Heres what i did, I pulled everthing apart. wires, sparks, distributor wire, coil, ignitor everything that i touched. cleaned it, and put it all back together. When doing so i noticed a small crimp in the wire running from the distributor cap to the ignitor.

I swapped it with the second one that came in the kit and it worked. I gave autozone hell for that one. The asswipe refused to swap it for a diff set!

well as much as this blew, at least i know that between this and the swap. i finally have a solid almost brand new ignition system!

[nightryder]

after the new wires didn't work did you put the old ones back in to make sure it was a new problem all together and not just defective wires?

Thats exactly what i did when i noticed they werent working, but i didnt swap the distributor wire.