I am a relative noob with Toyotas, so please bear with me here. I have a 1992 Toyota Celica Liftback L4-132 2164cc 2.2L DOHC (5S-FE), and I just replaced the timing belt and the water pump. I am certain the timing is dead-on, but now I have no spark. What did I miss? Do these things have a crank sensor? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, as the wife is losing her patience with not being able to park in the garage.

Thanks very much,

Jim

If it ran before you changed the belt I would double check all your work. Did you plug everything in you removed. I doubt it happened immediately after changing the belt. Look closely around the timing cover for something unplugged.

Well, I'm now dead certain the timing was and is spot on, but still no spark. I did some searching on the Web and came upon a wiki post that said the 2.2's are famous for spitting out coils with high mileage. The poster even had the proper specs for voltage and impedance, so I got my trusty meter out and sure enough, mine failed the same two tests his did. I picked up a new coil yesterday, and I'll yank the distributor out tonight and install it... we'll see what happens.

Thanks for the reply, too.

Jim

The Celica is now running and roadworthy. Turns out the coil was bad... coincidentally... which is always fun when you are working on the other side of the engine. Anyway, it's running great now. Thanks again for your input.

Jim