Recent content by DeskJock

Per Toyota Matt. He was “erased” from Mud. Ie - he no longer has an account on Mud. I feel bad for the folks that run Mud. Toyota Matt brought a lot of good over the years. Based on my experience and what I have seen on this board - if they are disallowing Matt to be a vender - in my opinion...

I sent a screenshot of these to Matt’s cell phone # — I think it still works.

The 50 amp meter uses a coil to drive the needle, high amperage can’t flow thru this netter. The 30 amp meter doesn’t use a coil and can handle 30 amps. My preference has bee. To shunt the 30 amp meter for my 1975 Landcruiser as it allows more needle movement.

Seriously. All new bulbs. New dashboard screw ( now have backups!!!), cleaned the circuit board - made a repair to the circuit board. Somehow … fixed a broken clog that kept my odometer wheels from turning. Huge kuddos.

Jack is awesome. Have my MPH odometer back and it’s working fantastic. Highly recommend. Without a doubt - the odometer came back — considerably cleaner and looking fantastic.

When trying to start can you smell gas at the exhaust tip?

Installing a pertronix would eliminate a failure point. Because the points are in place with two screws to mount the points - there are two axis to have to control when setting the points. I found impossible to get a perfect dwell angle. The cam stem for the distributor will have some...

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Appreciate the response!!

@Coolerman My original 1975 instrument cluster - the odometer stopped working ( well the 1/10’s work). On my 2nd aftermarket KPH cluster - both 50 amp meter burned out. Temporary- on the 2nd one - I did a hatchet job and installed my old 30 -amp meter - but that’s not a long term solution...

Ill check my manual at home, I have a 1975 that according to grok is 1.4 to 2.4 ohms Expected Resistance: For a 1972 Toyota Land Cruiser with points ignition: • Ceramic Ballast Resistor: Typically 1.4 to 2.0 ohms. When I moved off the AFFORDABLE fuel injection and electric ignition...

Well. That ballast may have degraded and maybe creating too much resistance. The manual has the resistance value. If you need me to look it up- I will.

5volts seems low to me, and if true likely your issue. Test the resistance between the distributor case ( ground) and the negative side of the battery - should show as a short.

What does the battery voltage drop to when under a load when starting - if below 10.8 volts - that’s not good for the battery. Make sure that the battery is charged before you try to start the engine. On the battery side one the ballast - you should have the same voltage as the battery. On...