How to Tell if a Distributor Cap is Toyota (1 Viewer)

[motormayhem]

Hey guys,
Ordered plug wires and a rotor/distributor cap for the 80 and they showed up today. For sure the plug wires are not Toyota parts (which is what I was charged for). How can I tell if the rotor and cap are? I'm trying get an idea if this was an innocent mistake on the plug wires or the whole lot is off brand that is being marketed/sold as genuine Toyota parts. Note the rockauto magnet is unrelated...found it under the couch haha.

 

[OGBeno]

Neither the cap nor the rotor are OEM Toyota.... Nor are they OEM suppliers.

Denso would be the OEM supplier of rotor and cap.

 

[motormayhem]

That's what I thought, the distributor cap I pulled off the engine is significantly thicker plastic and says Denso.

 

[Crush 4]

That's what I thought, the distributor cap I pulled off the engine is significantly thicker plastic and says Denso.

Where is best place to buy these parts? I just ordered from my local dealer

 

[Desert Dino]

Where is best place to buy these parts? I just ordered from my local dealer

Any Toyota dealer there are some price differences between them

I use Toyota Parts - Genuine OEM Toyota Parts and Accessories Online

 

[flintknapper]

Hey guys,
Ordered plug wires and a rotor/distributor cap for the 80 and they showed up today. For sure the plug wires are not Toyota parts (which is what I was charged for). How can I tell if the rotor and cap are? I'm trying get an idea if this was an innocent mistake on the plug wires or the whole lot is off brand that is being marketed/sold as genuine Toyota parts. Note the rockauto magnet is unrelated...found it under the couch haha.

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[BILT4ME]

Hey guys,
Ordered plug wires and a rotor/distributor cap for the 80 and they showed up today. For sure the plug wires are not Toyota parts (which is what I was charged for). How can I tell if the rotor and cap are? I'm trying get an idea if this was an innocent mistake on the plug wires or the whole lot is off brand that is being marketed/sold as genuine Toyota parts. Note the rockauto magnet is unrelated...found it under the couch haha.

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Where did you order these through so that we will know to avoid them?

 

[Desert Dino]

He got it on RockAuto

I buy on RockAuto only discontinued parts or OEM manufacture

 

[NLXTACY]

One option

80 Series 1FZ Complete Tuneup Kit- Naturally Aspirated Engines

80 Series 1FZ Complete Tuneup Kit- NA Engines (TUN-1KIT)

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[motormayhem]

He got it on RockAuto
I buy on RockAuto only discontinued parts or OEM manufacture

Nope not rockauto...read the last sentence of the first post. Just bad timing on finding the magnet. I'm going to see if the vendor will make it right before bad mouthing them.

@NLXTACY I was gonna grab a kit from you, but the site was down! I should have just waited a bit I guess.

 

[Bear80]

None of the parts you have are so under par that they should be discarded. NGK and their ignition parts brand WVE and NTK sensors IMO are equal to Denso parts (non-toyota supplied). I recently replaced a Toyota supplied Denso cap and rotor with the YEC brand from partsouq, IMO perfectly fine cost effective replacement. To further clarify, Denso does no always = Toyota OEM - case and point, Yazaki not Denso are oem wires, yet Denso wires are available in the aftermarket.

The appropriate question to ask is why the seller's substitutions in place of what you ordered and why were you not given a price adjustment. I would also recommend you price compare to other retailers, as the seller may have misrepresented the part's brands but priced it accordingly. ie., you get what you pay for.

 

[NLXTACY]

@NLXTACY I was gonna grab a kit from you, but the site was down! I should have just waited a bit I guess.

yeah it’s been hell but all good now

 

[Kernal]

Strange what you may find in the aftermarket. When doing the initial PM on a 97 FZJ80 I found that the distributor cap was made in Italy of all places. Not Denso or Aisin, just a no name part. The contact posts inside the cap were a different design that any other OEM or aftermarket I've seen for a Toyota, they were unsupported narrrow round vertical pins, not the usual thick posts that have been ground down in an arc for the rotor to pass by.

It did run with those parts, but ran much better once all the aftermarket parts (wires, rotor, cap, air filter, fuel filter, PCV valve, and breather hoses) had been replaced with OEM parts (only non-OEM part installed were new Denso Iridium TT plugs, FWIW).