distributor question

[86.5GE]

is there a difference between the distributor on a 86.5 and an 89?

 

[SupaMan]

i think the plugs are different.

 

[RazoE]

the internals are different too. I found this out the hardway when my 89s went out and I tried to use the 86.5's to get it home, only to realize it's completely different inside and the plugs are different as well...

 

[MA70AEROTOP]

I have a cressida 92 dizzy from a grey plug ecu if I was to change the plug to suit yellow plug ecu will it work with my 88 yellow plug ecu>?

 

[CRE]

the internals are different too. I found this out the hardway when my 89s went out and I tried to use the 86.5's to get it home, only to realize it's completely different inside and the plugs are different as well...

Care to elaborate on the differences in internals? A few people on here and elsewhere claim to have adapted the wiring to accept a dizzy of a different vintage, as the case may be. Just given what I recall I can't imagine anything that was changed enough to prevent swapping... the 86.5 could be an oddball. Did we talk about this at some point?

 

[MA70AEROTOP]

Care to elaborate on the differences in internals? A few people on here and elsewhere claim to have adapted the wiring to accept a dizzy of a different vintage, as the case may be. Just given what I recall I can't imagine anything that was changed enough to prevent swapping... the 86.5 could be an oddball. Did we talk about this at some point?

cool so I can re wire it! :cry: :biglaugh:

 

[CRE]

cool so I can re wire it! :cry: :biglaugh:

I'm not sure what Razoe's referring to. I posted pics and wire colors in another thread for someone who needed to do what you're wanting to do and everything seemed fine. It was quite a while ago, so you're going to have to search a bit.

ciao!

 

[RazoE]

well, the plugs didn't match up. I no longer have that engine in my 89 and the 86.5 is at my girlfriend's brother's house for the moment...

I'll see what I can do with the 92s, maybe snap a few pics of it..