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1978 Toyota FJ-40 Repair Question


Topics covered: Distributor, Ignition coil.
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Asked on October 28, 2012

Toyota FJ-40 Distributor Problem

Bad ignighter on 78 land cruiser. can not find one. is there a way to by-pass ignighter and use a standard coil.
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Replied on October 28, 2012

Igniter and ignition coil are 2 different thing. You can't bypass an igniter. Either you go back to basics of using CB points or you can get a different model distributor that has similar contents to cannibalise the parts for interchanging them.

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