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Alex Barbieri
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UZZ31

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Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 02:58 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

If I need replacements I'll check in Rob's shed haha.

I've heard good things about a place who make after market ones, can't think of their name. But I'll suss out the Toyota ones.

Rotor buttons huh... something else to look into. To be honest, I've never heard of them and had to Google it- makes sense though.
Dean Goodwin
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 03:48 pm, by:  Dean Goodwin (Deanno606) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They are under the distributer caps, a plastic thing that spins with the camshaft and make contact with the metal parts inside the distributer caps which then sends the spark down the HT lead to the spark plug. Worth looking into, I changed mine on Saturday, the plastic bits were just crumbling apart. Easy to change, annoying to get to. If one of them is stuffed, the car will run but really rough. If you take the dizzy cap off, give it a clean on the inside.
Hope this helps.
Peter Nitschke
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 04:33 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Top Gun leads have had good reports from owners of cars other than Soarers, but the V8 leads have always been too long and don't fit. They know about this, and told me they would fix it ages ago, but apparently they haven't.

I fitted Eagle leads to the UZZ30 with no problems.

The only thing is, that they have lower resistance than OEM leads, which probably means less interference suppression, but I haven't noticed any issues because of it.
Alex Barbieri
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Friday, May 09, 2008 - 11:02 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Update. AHHHHH!!!

Leads are fine. All but one were within .2 of the figure on that diagram that's floating around. The biggest discrepancy was #7 which was out by .4.

I threw on the test AFM too. No difference.

I'm gonna have to look into those caps, buttons and throttle position sensor.
Dean Goodwin
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 07:30 am, by:  Dean Goodwin (Deanno606) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It is annoying as having to take off all those bits of plastic to get to the caps and buttons.
Evan Kaio
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 04:42 pm, by:  Evan Kaio (Knave) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Dean Goodwin wrote on Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 07:30 am:

It is annoying as having to take off all those bits of plastic to get to the caps and buttons.


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Yep it is, but it's "character building stuff".
Alex Barbieri
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 05:45 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I got the passenger side one done, no worries. The other side... bloody hell, I've taken a heap of stuff off, and now its too dark so I have to leave it till the morning. Lets see if I remember where everything goes.

About the driver's side one, what else do I need to remove? Can't seem to get it off. I've undone 3 bolts from the black plastic guard, removed the air intake totally, the top coil and its frame too.

Peter Nitschke
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 06:24 pm, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This might help.

http://www.planetsoarer.com/penski/ThePenskiFile.html
Dean Goodwin
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 09:02 pm, by:  Dean Goodwin (Deanno606) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ah, to be honest Alex, I did the passenger side easy and then started doing the drivers side. Took out the air intake, moved radiator over flow bottle and disconnected a few hoses and then gave up. Put it all back together and I am going to leave it to Doug when I see him Thursday.

How did your passenger side one look?
Alex Barbieri
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 09:46 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It looked pretty close to new.


Upload


If I can't get to it i just really hope I remember how to put it all back together.
Alex Barbieri
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 09:48 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

We have a new, possibly related, symptom.

It bounces off the limiter at only 4,500 rpm, both in neutral and in first. (Haven't been fast enough to check any other gears.)

Does this mean anything to anyone?
Dean Goodwin
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 12:35 am, by:  Dean Goodwin (Deanno606) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

How did the rotor under it look? Any cracks through it?
Peter Nitschke
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 01:24 am, by:  Peter Nitschke (Pen) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I am probably wrong, but the 4500 RPM cut might be the ECU is going into Limp Home mode and is protecting the engine because it has detected a problem with the electrics.
Alex Barbieri
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 09:36 am, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The rotor was fine, no cracks.

I couldn't get to the other one- so I've put it all back together. Time to give S&L a call.
Alex Barbieri
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 - 09:41 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm been speaking to a mechanic, any chance it the o2 sensor? How hard is it to test/replace?
Alex Barbieri
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 06:01 pm, by:  Alex Barbieri (Barbieros) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

FIXED!

Its been a while but I took it down to Sports & Luxury last week and Doug replaced the fuel pump.

Goes great now.


Thanks to everyone who helped out along the way, this site has been fantastic with all the info and help.
Dean Goodwin
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 09:42 am, by:  Dean Goodwin (Deanno606) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

CONGRATULATIONS!

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