Turn key, nothing happens 1989-1995 Toyota Pickup 4Runner 22RE won't start or crank over no clicking

[@unfinished-projects-dept]

I’ve experienced a couple of these issues with my 90 4Runner. Been working through them the last month or two, so this video is timely for me, glad I found your channel!

[@mikeregan4505]

Ray. Merry Christmas to you. Always so glad when I see you post some new content. I was wondering if you could do a vidio on the oil catch can before and after the rebuild? Thanks for your help on me 1990 FWD inherited restore. She runs like new. Keep up the good work.

[@ray5961]

Thanks man.. merry xmas! On the oil catch can, do you mean like how it's working now vs. how it was when I was having all the issues with it constantly filling up rapidly?

[@mikeregan4505]

Yes Ray did it reduce rapid filling of the can.@@ray5961

[@ray5961]

@@mikeregan4505 Okay I'll see what I can put together. To answer your question, however, I traced the issue with the catch can filling up rapidly to the oil return hole on the LCE cylinder head being too small basically. During the last rebuild, when I opened the hole up, that solved the issue.

[@davidgiordano802]

Thank you sooooooo much! I have had this problem several times with my 1990 pickup but it seems to eventually fix itself after awhile. I'll check out your advice. Thanks again.

[@D33SYNC]

Where did you get your custom engine harness?

[@ray5961]

I built all that myself.

[@D33SYNC]

@@ray5961 You should have done a wiring harness rebuild video! I need to remake mine for sure. Where did you find all the plugs to replace old cracked ones?

[@ray5961]

@@D33SYNC Yeah, that would have made for a really interesting video for sure. Rebuilding my wiring harness took a very long time. I remember I had it spread out on a big sheet of cardboard in the garage for a while and I had to unravel everything and use the wiring schematics to figure out what everything was and what went where - I had to draw out maps of all the connectors and then remove them all from the wires. It was a lot of complex work. I probably spent the better part of a two months or more building all that and running wires through all the high temp sheathing and doing all the soldering and heat shrinking and everything. For most of the connectors, I was able to very carefully take them apart using a little needle; then I ran them through the sonic cleaner and put them back together. On the ones which were broken, I had to search all over the place to find them and/or buy used wiring harnesses parts off ebay to salvage certain connectors I needed. I had to replace my fuel injector connectors and a few others. Basically I just did a lot of research into connectors and bought misc. different ones to see what worked and what didn't. SNP speed innovations sells some now also (I think they just added a couple that I had a heck of a time finding used back when I did my harness). Just a lot of hunting around for parts and long hours working on the harness until it was all complete. This company is handy here connectorexperts.com/ag-1859218-toyota.html - sometimes it's just a matter of searching google or ebay or amazon until you stumble across the exact right connector you are looking for and compare the pictures to what you are trying to replace, etc. Like I say, I probably spent several months from start to finish figuring out what all the wires did and rebuilding the entire harness. I also upgraded my alternator and added circuit breakers for it, the electric fan and driving lights and charging system. Had to re-wire stuff inside the fuse box also. It was a long evolution lol. There was also a lot of wiring for those gauges inside the truck as well as the switches that control the driving lights and electric fan stuff. The radiator fan can be operated manually for redundancy or it can be run automatically by the coolant temp. There's also a lot of electrical in the truck that I haven't fully covered in videos also, such as converting over to all LED bulbs, adding in a 3rd extra bright reverse light, etc. Blue tooth streaming for music. But yeah, the main wiring harness was just a lot of work over a long period of time. A lot of delicate soldering, heat shrinking, etc. I had to remove almost every connector to get the wires into fresh high heat sheathing also, which was fun. Pulling some of those long bunches of wires down tight tubing is not easy. I remember running the wires that reach down to the O2 sensors must have taken over an hour - just inching it mm by mm until the ends finally poke out. Lots of researching; lots of work; lots of long hours.

[@jimmybob6740]

Well thats some nightmare fuel for my project.

[@ray5961]

@@jimmybob6740 haha yeah it's a project. Make sure you gave that electrical manual also - the one I show in some of my videos

[@silverthirty5262]

Dude really a FRAM oil filter 😳

[@ElSabio2929]

Is the best for 22RE and you can use a 3/8 ratchet and adapter and FRAM is the best and easy to work with not like that others plus if you love your car you sure change that oil every 3,000 miles or less

[@ray5961]

lol normally I run K&N but I used this fram because I just rebuilt the motor and wanted less micron filtration. Also because I changed the Lucas engine break-in oil after 300 miles - but I had two filters so I decided to use the extra one... but yeah going back to K&N soon. Those little fram guys aren't half bad though.

[@davidgiordano802]

The 22RE can handle anything!