Hi All,
It is 2025 and the dizzy for the FJ60 is no longer available, I believe it is part number 19100-61102. Not only that, the common failure of these dizzies are the double advance diaphragms and there is no solution, there is no direct fit double diaphragm spare part to drop in. There are threads where people mention a small shop in some place but all I can find is a death end. Other threads mentioned a person who was able to refurbish but I think he moved forward to other things. Did I mentioned I'm in Costa Rica? no easy send dizzy to no body in the US.
I love to keep my FJ60 stock but in the mean time, I have no vacuum advance so I will like to put something in there while I look into it a bit more.
I already bought a NonUS dizzy, I believe it is part 19100-61180 and the appropriate clamp, the stock screw was a bit to long but I managed to do something with it. But since my FJ60 has electronic ignition I also bought the Pertronix suggested by City Racer 1662LS kit. I almost forgot to mention, I'm desmog, pump is gone, rail is gone, almost all valves and I blocked all those ports on the carburetor....
I attempted a first install on the truck already. I managed to find the zero degrees line on the flywheel and the 8 degrees advance. It was key to use the old dizzy and rotate one wheel while in 4th gear to fine top death center.
I say attempted because I failed the electrical part. The Pertronix, as the original dizzy, has 2 cables so I guess I don't know how to connect 2 cables!!! So need your help! Does any body tried this configuration before?
Mechanically all was in place, electrically I connected the red and white from the igniter to the red and black cable from the pertronix. But no spark what so ever. Did I already burn the Pertronix? Is red actually positive and white actually negative? If you know please let me know.
I panicked a bid so I put the old stock dizzy in the car and started right up. I'm definitely not a mechanic.. so at least I was able to put the stock dizzy back, adjust the timing and the truck run and drive (without advance) happily. First time setting timing so learned something today. My wife will say I just lost 4 hours of my time.
City Racer mentioned to bypass the igniter but my concern is that the igniter also sends rpm for "things" (AC amplifier and something else, not sure).
Did I burn the Pertronix already by connecting the positive and negative in the wrong place? Is there a way to test the Pertronix? If I bypass the igniter, Do I just plug positive and negative to the coil?
Hopefully someone can reply before I attempt the igniter bypass in a few days...
It is 2025 and the dizzy for the FJ60 is no longer available, I believe it is part number 19100-61102. Not only that, the common failure of these dizzies are the double advance diaphragms and there is no solution, there is no direct fit double diaphragm spare part to drop in. There are threads where people mention a small shop in some place but all I can find is a death end. Other threads mentioned a person who was able to refurbish but I think he moved forward to other things. Did I mentioned I'm in Costa Rica? no easy send dizzy to no body in the US.
I love to keep my FJ60 stock but in the mean time, I have no vacuum advance so I will like to put something in there while I look into it a bit more.
I already bought a NonUS dizzy, I believe it is part 19100-61180 and the appropriate clamp, the stock screw was a bit to long but I managed to do something with it. But since my FJ60 has electronic ignition I also bought the Pertronix suggested by City Racer 1662LS kit. I almost forgot to mention, I'm desmog, pump is gone, rail is gone, almost all valves and I blocked all those ports on the carburetor....
I attempted a first install on the truck already. I managed to find the zero degrees line on the flywheel and the 8 degrees advance. It was key to use the old dizzy and rotate one wheel while in 4th gear to fine top death center.
I say attempted because I failed the electrical part. The Pertronix, as the original dizzy, has 2 cables so I guess I don't know how to connect 2 cables!!! So need your help! Does any body tried this configuration before?
Mechanically all was in place, electrically I connected the red and white from the igniter to the red and black cable from the pertronix. But no spark what so ever. Did I already burn the Pertronix? Is red actually positive and white actually negative? If you know please let me know.
I panicked a bid so I put the old stock dizzy in the car and started right up. I'm definitely not a mechanic.. so at least I was able to put the stock dizzy back, adjust the timing and the truck run and drive (without advance) happily. First time setting timing so learned something today. My wife will say I just lost 4 hours of my time.
City Racer mentioned to bypass the igniter but my concern is that the igniter also sends rpm for "things" (AC amplifier and something else, not sure).
Did I burn the Pertronix already by connecting the positive and negative in the wrong place? Is there a way to test the Pertronix? If I bypass the igniter, Do I just plug positive and negative to the coil?
Hopefully someone can reply before I attempt the igniter bypass in a few days...
