When I put my 1990 V6 4Runner in Park, the engine shuts off 9 out of 10 times. It can be restarted without changing anything else. What is the connection between Park and Ignition? Is there something that needs adjustment.

What is your idle rpm when it is in "Drive"?

What is your idle rpm when it is in "Drive"?
Normal in drive. Somewhere around 600. Its some sort of electrical cutoff. All of the warning lites come on like it should with the key on and engine not running.

You will likely need the schematics for this one, don’t waste your money on after market Haynes or even Chilton I have all of them and they are a joke.
There are a couple of Toyota Factory Service Manuals on eBay right now, search for (4 runner,4runner) (wiring,wirring) that will give both spellings. Or get them from the dealer.

Sounds like a lose connection, "Duh!" There is a chance that there is an error code stored in the ECU. Again the manual will explain the procedure for jumper placement so you can "read" the code by counting the blinks.

There are sticky posts at the top of this forum for the 1993 but they might be the same.
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/

Thank you

Any Public Library in your area would have the Factory service manual,Haynes,Chiltons,Mitchells,Clymers,Bentley and Toyota repair books.

There is also free AutoZone service manuals at:

http://www1.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/repair_info/repair_guide/repair_guide.jsp

1985 Toyota 4-Runner/pickup Factory Service manual:

http://www.jasuza.com/1985toyotatruckfsm.pdf

1993 Toyota Pickup Service Manual:
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm

2003 (2001-2004) Toyota Tacoma Factory Service Manual:

http://fsm.afraid.org/
http://www.junglecode.com/toyota/tacoma/2003_fsm
http://65.200.1.6/FSM/

FSM (factory service manual)can be acquired in several ways:

Toyota Material Distribution Center
750 West Victoria St
Rancho Dominguez/Compton,CA 90220-5538
USA
Ph:1-800-622-2033 (outside CA)(M-F: 7-5 PST)
Ph:1-800-443-7656 (inside CA)
Ph:1-310-818-4630 (in or outside CA)
Speak to Beverly or Deloris
http://techinfo.toyota.com/public/main/mdc.html
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/FSM.shtml

1)buy a used one off e-bay
2)some Toyota dealerships may give you one or sell it for $10-20 (used) as most Toyota dealerships don't repair many old Toyotas and no longer need the service manual
3)some public libraries sell their old books as they are not in demand any longer
4)some free buy & sell classified papers,websites and bulletin boards may have some used ones for sale
5)some junk yards may have one laying around
6)some Toyota specialty garages may have one laying around and no longer use it as the vehicle may be too old and those mechanics probably have so much experience that they could publish their own factory service manual with corrections and "real world repair tips"
7)if someone has the FSM maybe they could scan all of the pages and post it on a site for all of us to download or view.

For scanned pages of factory service manuals for other engines:

http://www.sor.com/torque.html
http://www.brian894x4.com/Scannedmanual.html
http://www.birfield.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=77
http://toyotadiesel.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=507
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~scorp/surf/1KZ-TE.pdf
http://www.showmesome.info/hilux/info/manuals/1KZ-TE
http://surf.mactherapy.com/1KZ-TE.pdf
http://surf.mactherapy.com/parts
http://www.spyderchat.com/1zzfe.pdf
http://files.matrixvibe.net/docs/1zzfe.pdf
http://landcruiser.free.fr/mans
http://surf.mactherapy.com
http://www.turbosupras.com/pages/technical/tsrm.htm
http://www.lieblweb.com/tacoma/Mechanical/96TacomaDiagrams/index.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/adherence.4x4/liens_techniques.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/adherence.4x4/index.htm
http://www.asatraction4x4.cl/html
http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/downloads.htm
http://www.grubinski.com/grubinski/automotive/toyota.manuals
http://www.carsoft.ru/files/4runner95di.exe
http://www.hotrodder.com/kwkride/tech.html
http://aarc.epnet.com/application/8578/8578.htm
http://aarc.epnet.com/application/9316/9316.htm
(1997–2000=4-Runner,pickup,T100,Tacoma,Tundra,Landcruiser)
http://www.bedlib.org/ebsco.html
then click on “AARC” or “Auto repair reference center”

http://www.autoshop101.com/autoshop15.html
http://www.mtv411.com/sitemap.htm
http://www.toyota.com.my/index.asp?fuseaction=home.article&aid=40
http://www.newcelica.org/other/technical/index.htm

Sidney® ™
Repairs tv's,vcr's,home/car audio out of my home
E-mail:sidneybek@yahoo.com
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia
Canada
1985 Toyota 4-Runner,solid front straight axle,factory cruise control,sunroof,22R-E,W56,RN60LV-MSEK,rusted rear step/towing chrome bumper with 247 000 KM

http://groups.google.com/group/hfx.forsale/browse_thread/thread/43940ce83231ab85/4e4c696fbf04837f?q=sidney+tv+repair&rnum=1#4e4c696fbf04837f

http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/May02/May18.html
http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/SonyAudMod.html
http://www.newark.com/product-details/image/mcm/image/32-9495.jpg
http://www.tipsmaster.ca/hottips-1.HTM
http://www.tipsmaster.ca/1011-TV32C50-007.jpg
http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/June03/June0315.html
http://www.iwaynet.net/~nesda/Apr03/Apr033.html


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