Hey guys, need to ask for some help on this (and yes, I have searched for it to no real avail).
Just "inherited" a project 72 Fj40. It hasn't started in 12 years, so working my way through all of the essentials, including ignition parts. At some point a 2F-type gear reduction starter was retrofitted to this unit, and no effort was made to do anything with the ballast resistor bypass system for starting. So the problem I have is that (based on my understanding and corroborated by field tests) the coil gets power with the key on "run" but no power on "start" since the original system was supposed to bypass the ballast resistor and give the coil a full 12v on startup. Then once on "run" position, the coil gets power through the ignition wiring that feeds through the resistor and bumps the voltage down for continuous running. Well, the resistor doesn't get bypassed on this setup; the whole coil and ignition system just goes cold while the starter is engaged, which (I think) means it can't start. How do I remedy this? I've seen a couple of vague references from some 2015 and older threads saying stuff like "just wired in a relay, search up how to do it." Unfortunately, I can't find anything further. If I'm totally missing something please feel free to correct me, and if you have any other threads to point me to I'm always happy to do my homework. Thanks y'all!
Just "inherited" a project 72 Fj40. It hasn't started in 12 years, so working my way through all of the essentials, including ignition parts. At some point a 2F-type gear reduction starter was retrofitted to this unit, and no effort was made to do anything with the ballast resistor bypass system for starting. So the problem I have is that (based on my understanding and corroborated by field tests) the coil gets power with the key on "run" but no power on "start" since the original system was supposed to bypass the ballast resistor and give the coil a full 12v on startup. Then once on "run" position, the coil gets power through the ignition wiring that feeds through the resistor and bumps the voltage down for continuous running. Well, the resistor doesn't get bypassed on this setup; the whole coil and ignition system just goes cold while the starter is engaged, which (I think) means it can't start. How do I remedy this? I've seen a couple of vague references from some 2015 and older threads saying stuff like "just wired in a relay, search up how to do it." Unfortunately, I can't find anything further. If I'm totally missing something please feel free to correct me, and if you have any other threads to point me to I'm always happy to do my homework. Thanks y'all!