I just went to pick up my 88 TII A.E. the car has been sitting since last april l put a new battery in it and hit the key and it just clicked l checked the cables and everything is tight (im going to buy a new starter tomorrow) anyway l tried to popstart it no luck. could it be flooded the car ran good when parked? thanks for any help on this TEDMAN

 

take the plugs out and get new ones and also check the gas it could be bad- put some automatic transmission fluid in the two bottom spark plug holes before you put the new plugs in then have a friend push or pull your car at 20-25mph-let the car be p/p in second gear ,keep p/p until it starts all the way-youll know when it starts, it will start poppin and it should start smoking for a while but dont worry it is just the atf and gas burning off-make sure you let the car get warm, you might have to keep on the gas to keep it running at first, good luck

 

If it's not turning over at all, try getting underneath the car with a rubber mallet and whack the starter good a couple of times. Then try.

 

I was wondering if you ever got that problem figured out? I'm having the same problem, my car sat for 3 months and now it won't start. Turns over, spark plugs are firing, but it's just not firing up. I think the gas is bad. If i can rules that out, then I'm going to try the ATF trick.