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dragonflyspit
Explorer
Dec 01, 2019

'83 Toyota pickup start trouble in cold, wet weather

It starts with just a couple of pumps all summer, and it was starting well even in freezing weather during our freakishly dry autumn, but when the rain returned last week, it began giving me a lot of ...
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Grit_dog
Navigator
Dec 02, 2019
^Good suggestions.
And since the OP is not a mechanic, I’ll stress, let the ether evaporate Completely before cranking it over! If not and you do have any arcing you’ll know it immediately!!

This could very likely be a combination of issues as well. We don’t know how well the truck has been maintained. 37 years old is an antique. My ‘74 Jeep, all original stock starts and runs awesome...now. Complete tune up, points, new fuel pump, rebuilt the carb.
Ran like schitt before I did all that.

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