Starlet 4efte AT ep 91 distributor housing

[Frankieflowers]

I am looking for a distributor housing because mine stopped working. One of the magnets is broken. It happened while I was getting the arm pin out to get to the oil gasket. Anyone can help?

@Jay @RoyalDutchie

 

[WhiteOverGoldMK1GT]

This is exactly why you let it leak. it wont hurt if you do not mess with it :/

 

[Jay]

Definitely don't have any good distributors left - have had a few people asking recently and the cupboard is empty.

 

[Frankieflowers]

The stupid thing is that to get the pin out in order to disassemble the shaft and get the gasket out you have to shock the components and risk to break them. What else could I do? The oil leak wasn’t good and it was ruining my new connectors underneath that I paid and patiently waited for from Japan. I hate oil leaks. I hate breaking strings as well...
Do you think that it isn’t running because the big magnet got broken? Is it because the magnetic field isn’t running properly anymore? How could I fix it?

 

[Frankieflowers]

I am looking for someone who has opened a Starlet distributor. There are some four rooms where they discussed this to modify distributors for different engines and needs. I do not have that knowledge. My brother is an expert but he doesn’t have the information that Toyota didn’t provide for a distributor refurbishment.
The first time we opened the distributor to change the bearing and figure out which oil seal was inside we centered the forks that hold the magnets as the manual says. One by one using spacers with 0.3 mm per all 3 forks. The procedure is necessary to distance the points equally from the dented rotor. So the first time we closed it it works. The second time we opened it to replace the bearing that I finally found thanks to @RoyalDutchie we figured out that the big magnet was broken. It obviously happened while we was pushing out the pin from the camshaft side. It is unfortunate but there is no other way to get rid of it in order to open the distributor. So I was worried but we managed to glue it and thanks to my brother we could make sure within oscilloscope that the signal was fine. We follow the same procedure to close a distributor but this time it didn’t work. The pin out resistance is nominal. As well as that electric flow produced by the rotation of the dented arm So what has happened? There is no electronic inside but only magnetic magnetic wiring where the forks fit in to create the alternate electricity.
I hope that someone can help!

 

[WhiteOverGoldMK1GT]

I am looking for someone who has opened a Starlet distributor. There are some four rooms where they discussed this to modify distributors for different engines and needs. I do not have that knowledge. My brother is an expert but he doesn’t have the information that Toyota didn’t provide for a distributor refurbishment.
The first time we opened the distributor to change the bearing and figure out which oil seal was inside we centered the forks that hold the magnets as the manual says. One by one using spacers with 0.3 mm per all 3 forks. The procedure is necessary to distance the points equally from the dented rotor. So the first time we closed it it works. The second time we opened it to replace the bearing that I finally found thanks to @RoyalDutchie we figured out that the big magnet was broken. It obviously happened while we was pushing out the pin from the camshaft side. It is unfortunate but there is no other way to get rid of it in order to open the distributor. So I was worried but we managed to glue it and thanks to my brother we could make sure within oscilloscope that the signal was fine. We follow the same procedure to close a distributor but this time it didn’t work. The pin out resistance is nominal. As well as that electric flow produced by the rotation of the dented arm So what has happened? There is no electronic inside but only magnetic magnetic wiring where the forks fit in to create the alternate electricity.
I hope that someone can help!

they really were never overly intended to be internally repaired, normally the only way around this is to outright replace it, and eventually even that wont be an option.

 

[Frankieflowers]

they really were never overly intended to be internally repaired, normally the only way around this is to outright replace it, and eventually even that wont be an option.

Don’t be negative. If the distributor isn’t working after being opened it means that replacing it it will work. The coil is working and electronics are ok. People talk about replacing distributors old 30 years but nobody considers the fact that they all have an oil seal that leaks that will damage wires and connectors underneath. I spent a lot of money to fix the engine and I don’t want oil leaks around. I hope that the distributor I bought won’t leak at all.

 

[Jay]

Thats all I could find in English from a 5efe manual..

 

[Jay]

The Japanese manual is very limited on repair scope.

 

[Jay]

The non-turbo version seems to be a bit more serviceable though, not sure what you can gleam from these pages. You'd need to run them through Google translate or similar.

 

[Frankieflowers]

The Japanese manual is very limited on repair scope.m

The fte distributor looks like the 3sgte distributor. The 5efe is different.
you can see it here. The only thing missing in the picture are the two magnets. I need one of those big magnets as replacement if someone has one

http://gtfour.supras.org.nz/sw20 distributor.htm

 

[Frankieflowers]

The non-turbo version seems to be a bit more serviceable though, not sure what you can gleam from these pages. You'd need to run them through Google translate or similar.

 

[SKINY]

A boy in the UK can rebuild the 3sgte units maybe worth asking him. Gt 4play his place is called.
Or start asking your local auto electricians

 

[WhiteOverGoldMK1GT]

Don’t be negative. If the distributor isn’t working after being opened it means that replacing it it will work. The coil is working and electronics are ok. People talk about replacing distributors old 30 years but nobody considers the fact that they all have an oil seal that leaks that will damage wires and connectors underneath. I spent a lot of money to fix the engine and I don’t want oil leaks around. I hope that the distributor I bought won’t leak at all.

that unfortunately was not meant to sound negative, the reality is, we all want an easy choice to replace or service the leaking distributors i hope you succeed, for all our sakes.

 

[Frankieflowers]

that unfortunately was not meant to sound negative, the reality is, we all want an easy choice to replace or service the leaking distributors i hope you succeed, for all our sakes.

I agree. My experience in this situation is that this type of distributor is delicate because it has to thin magnets that can get broken while you hammer the pin out The first time I opened it everything was fine. This means that you have 50% of probability to break something every time you try to service it. After all I did now that I spend 100 bucks for another one to replace it I might get another leaking distributor. It is frustrating. I am quite stubborn. I am looking for a company that makes shaped magnets to replace the broken one. I am not going to give up!

 

[Jay]

Right found a seized one earlier, will dissect it, see if I can scavenge bits..

 

[Frankieflowers]

Right found a seized one earlier, will dissect it, see if I can scavenge bits..

When you get the dented shaft out from its bearing, you will be able to unscrew the forks that hold the two magnets. If I could get the big magnet then probably I would be able to get my distributor working again there is nothing in there besides the two magnets, the six small magnets that let the forks in for the three poles. Where The forks fit in there is the wiring But you won’t see it because it’s inside the plastic. Long story short I would get a new magnet for my distributor that has been serviced rather than get a new distributor that has an oil leak Which is 90% probability. On the other hand I cannot risk to open the new distributor to get the magnet out or just put a new oil seal in because there is 50% risk that I will break the magnet. I would end up with two broken distributors.

 

[Jay]

I see what you mean about the pin. It's tricky enough.

So got it apart like this :







It's just that big magnet you need yes?

 

[Frankieflowers]

I see what you mean about the pin. It's tricky enough.

So got it apart like this :

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It's just that big magnet you need yes?

Amazing! Yes. I need the big magnet. I’d get both just in case if you agree. You can send me a private message so we can discuss details. Thank you very much!