picked up a POS '93 Camry, I hate it already...

[mpvue]

I'll make this short: friend of mine had this hand me down camry w/ 283K miles that she was tired of putting money into. when the brakes needed work and she got a quote of $800! she decided to get a new car.
they were going to junk it, but I'm thinking, it has a lot of new parts, it runs, why junk it?
I bought it for $300. good commuter/beater/winter car, right?
but now it won't start
she let it sit for a few weeks but it was working up until then.
I've discovered this gen of camry is known for having bad ICMs and coils; most mechanics just replace the whole distributor that's assembled already.
(so much for toyota quality...)
she had a rebuilt distributor put in last fall.

anyway, I can get a new not rebuilt dist online for not too much, but my relationship with this car isn't starting out too well...
wish it was a mazda.

 

[tweety2300]

It's a $300 car you can't expect so much my Honda left me on the side Of the road 5 times before I figured out what was wrong with it you won't mind knowing you can run the dog piss out of it and not care if you blow it up or hit a deer or wreck it it. It's probly worth $300 in scrap...

 

[mpvue]

yeah, I didn't expect much at all, but I hoped it would start...
I verified I have spark, so the distributor should be OK, but it won't start, even with starting fluid. I have to verify the fuel pump is working. possibly the timing belt jumped also.

 

[tweety2300]

Or broke its obd1 there isn't but so much there... Do you have a cel?