Won't start after replacing distributor and Ignition Control Module

[shanonia]

@db4690

crankshaft position sensors aren’t mounted inside the distributor

I thought so, too, but Rock Auto’s description says it’s inside the dist on this 4 cyl. Toyota engine. Like you, when I hear CPS I expect a part that’s near the flywheel or harmonic balancer.

the “igniter” IS the ignition control module

Not on my 1979 Toyota 4X4. It was a heavy box with lots of wires, separate from the dist. Inside the dist was what Toyota called a signal generator. It was also known as a pickup coil. It was an electromagnetic part that did the job that “points” did inside distributors of (further back) yore. I don’t remember, but I think there may have been a separate ignition coil, too.

And lots of other brands also use(d) them

There have been lots of ways to tell an ignition system when and where and how to create a spark.