I just recently bought a 1963 fj40 and the distributor mechanical advance doesn’t seem to be working. I have been looking to replace the distributor but I’m having a hard time finding a replacement. If anyone has any experience with this I would love some guidance. Thank you!
1963 fj40 distributor
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The Delco my 72 came with in 82 finally wore out. I bought the chinesium Delco on Amoron $130. Swapped over my old Toyota drive gear. Used my old Delco cap and expensive spark wires. Work great for about a week, then the china points arm bent. Put in my old real Delco, been running great ever since. Love the straight mechanical advance.
I just got back from driving my '70 BMW 2002 after replacing the condenser. It crapped out 5 miles from home on July 4th weekend, first time it's left me stranded since I bought it 6 years ago. I'd replaced the condenser with a brand new Bosch unit when rebuilding the engine and distributor... which was built in Turkey? China? Anyway I bought a NOS German one and it's running like a top again. These old things like what they like, I guess!
Have this on my ‘63 45 (the motor is a ‘64 1F), also get the clamp noted in the text.
OEM 2F Distributor for '75 and Earlier Land Cruiser FJ40
Toyota OEM vacuum advance distributor with points. Commonly known as the "Non-USA distributor". OEM part # 19100-61080. Fits '75 and earlier Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 Technical information: Due to vacuum advance, the distributor requires a vacuum source from the base of the carburetor. The...
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Oftentimes, especially with the older Landcruisers, simply taking it apart and cleaning it up works wonders. Might help to show us what dizzy you have. Does the vacuum advance work? Why do you think the mechanical advance does not work?
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Cars are only as reliable as their crapiest part. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s***e. Cruisers (and old Bimmers) developed their reputation for reliably using their factory parts. Throw Chinese (or Turkish) into the mix and you've got Chinese reliability.
Yup. The supply chain has obviously globalized so much since these things were built. I'll gladly refurbish / rebuild a factory part over buying new, if I can.
For what it's worth, the Bosch condensers have a terrible rep in the BMW community, with some brand new out of the box parts failing after 5-10 miles of use!
I think there are places that rebuild dizzy's. Springs and weights were available for tweaking advance curves. Chevy/Toyota way back in the day were closely related.
Chinesium isn't my first choice, but then again sometimes they get stuff right.
Chinesium isn't my first choice, but then again sometimes they get stuff right.
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When I would twist the rotor while it was in the car It would just twist and stay put instead of springing back.
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These are a great option and what we use when we need a distributor for an older cruiser.
That's not enough of a problem to toss out a dizzy. Would it be so hard to post a pic of your dizzy? You should have one of the '69-and-earlier vac advance dizzys. I really like those, super simple. Probably some brakeclean and PB blaster would fix a sticky advancer mechanism where it sits, but you really should pull it out, take it apart (just a little), look for anything broken or stuck, clean it all up and put it back together.
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I’ll post some pictures as soon as I can but it does not have vacuum advance. I already took it apart and cleaned it but I still had the same issue.
As a Turk, I take offense to this sentiment. Toyota’s most advanced European plant is in Turkey, as well as key supply chains for service parts support.