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    Default 1987 AE82 4AC Distributor

    Hey All,

    Just wondering if anybody knows of a substitute distributor for this motor.I have not had much luck on the search and I rang Toyota and a new one is $500.My mechanic said that the old one needs replacing because I get a rattle from the distributor when going up hills and it is not pinging which I thought it was originally.I have been told that this is a common problem in these motors after they get a bit of age on them.

    Thanks in advance Pete

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    Default Re: 1987 AE82 4AC Distributor

    where the advance pivot posts flog out?
    yup.
    the one in my mums car was so bad the advance weights were hitting the body of the dizzy... which is where the sound came from...

    try getting around some wreckers... if you can find a nice looking one, open it up (discreetly) and see if the advance weights wobble around on the posts.

    alternatively, you can fit new slightly larger posts and bore out the hole in the weights a little, and hope the balance is still ok.
    or, try to add a few blobs of weld to the post and grind to be round again... or.. stuff something in there to stop it rattling

    or.... weld up the advance mechanism, and use a cheap computer to control timing
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