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Pickup Coil/Signal Generator Replacement (3 Viewers)
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morganism
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Trouble turning over?
They tease me about this here, but the hold down cage for the coil needs a solid ground to start.
Run a wire from the ignitor case, the aluminum finned block on top, to the wheel well, and you should be good to go. There is a small ground wire on one corner of the ignitor case, so use the other corner.
If tempted to open the ignitor, be aware there is usually a bunch of epoxied stuff in there that can break.
They tease me about this here, but the hold down cage for the coil needs a solid ground to start.
Run a wire from the ignitor case, the aluminum finned block on top, to the wheel well, and you should be good to go. There is a small ground wire on one corner of the ignitor case, so use the other corner.
If tempted to open the ignitor, be aware there is usually a bunch of epoxied stuff in there that can break.
4Cruisers
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I installed this modified FJ60 distributor in my '76 FJ40 yesterday and took it out for a drive. It seems to drive really well around town, including up some of the steep residential streets. I'll drive it more today on some of the rougher 4WD roads north of town and report back.
I have quite a few more of these new NipponDenso vacuum advancers in stock and available for purchase now that I'm an IH8MUD Supporting Vendor. My Small Business name is Pajarito NipponDenso Ignition Service.
Installation of the advancer requires two straightforward minor modifications to the distributor housing. This modification is well suited to Land Cruisers with the earlier 2F engines that don't have the high altitude compensation (HAC) system (and therefore no need for the dual diaphragm advancer). This is the second distributor I've modified, the other distributor retained the original signal generator and is working well in another MUD member's '77 FJ40.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the advancer's vacuum advance curve is very similar to that of the advancer used in the '77 2F distributor (Part Number 19100-61021). I've also identified a different single diaphragm NipponDenso advancer with a vacuum advance curve very similar to the main diaphragm on the 08/80 and later 2F distributors (Part Number 19100-61102). Installation would also require minor modifications to the housing. Depending on interest, I can have quite a few of these new NipponDenso advancers available for purchase later this month.
Get 'em while they're hot:
Standard LX529 NEW Distributor Ignition Pickup Toyota (1981-1982) | eBay
TOYOTA CRESSIDA (1981 - 1982).www.ebay.com
Thanks for posting that...
I'm fighting an intermittent "no spark" issue on my new-to-me 1981, and while the signal generator tests fine (and it runs occasionally), I can't pass that up for only $16 !
Hopefully I don't need it, but I'll have it just in case.
Have a used ignitor and coil on the way, so that might solve my issue...but the next thing I was going to try was a signal generator!
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As mentioned earlier in this thread, the ignitor ground is important, and in my case...I was getting good ground to the screws that hold down the housing, but that was only because they were screwed right into the metal (steel) coil hold-down bracket. The aluminum case of the ignitor did not have a good ground. There was enough corrosion between the screw head and the aluminum housing that it wasn't actually grounded.
I pulled it off, sanded the contact points underneath, and used a wire brush to clean up the area where the screws pass through the housing. I have a good ground to the housing now (and added a second ground strap, for good measure)...but still no spark. Who knows if a bad ground, over time, killed it (???).
- Brian
Got one, thanksGet 'em while they're hot:
Standard LX529 NEW Distributor Ignition Pickup Toyota (1981-1982) | eBay
TOYOTA CRESSIDA (1981 - 1982).www.ebay.com
