Which Distributer?

[esteveW]

I just picked up (towed home) a 87 EA82, NA, carb. (Hitachi, I thnk). 5spd DR.

 

Someone had stolen the Distributor and the Cat. converter.

 

I'm going to the junk yard tomorrow and get a distributor. I have noticed several discriptions in my Haynes manual and there is a (sorta) chart there giving years, etc.. It looks like I should look for a Hitachi or a NipponDenso but which??

 

I would be OK with this chart, but don't know if this car is Calif, Federal or Canada.

 

I will have the same problem at the junk yard, maybe more so, since there is very little left in the junkers to tell what their intended use was.

 

Is there any other configuration detail I should be looking for?

 

thanks,

 

Steve

Edited January 2, 2010 by Qman

[markjw]

Any distributor out of any non-turbo ea82 motor will work for you. I think all of the ea82's were Hitachi distributors. The Nippons were used in the ea81's. I'm almost certain of that.

[Qman]

I just picked up (towed home) a 87 EA83, NA, carb. (Hitachi, I thnk). 5spd DR.

 

Someone had stolen the Distributor and the Cat. converter.

 

I'm going to the junk yard tomorrow and get a distributor. I have noticed several discriptions in my Haynes manual and there is a (sorta) chart there giving years, etc.. It looks like I should look for a Hitachi or a NipponDenso but which??

 

I would be OK with this chart, but don't know if this car is Calif, Federal or Canada.

 

I will have the same problem at the junk yard, maybe more so, since there is very little left in the junkers to tell what their intended use was.

 

Is there any other configuration detail I should be looking for?

 

thanks,

 

Steve

 

Try to find the same year. Different years have different connections. Some were plugged and some were attatched to the distributor by nuts. Get a carbed model as well.

[esteveW]

Try to find the same year. Different years have different connections. Some were plugged and some were attatched to the distributor by nuts. Get a carbed model as well.

 

I'm thinking along the same line. I found another 87 carb'ed NA in the yard this week but couldn't get a deal for the whole car (cheaper way to get the whole drive train, etc.). The distributor was still in that car, If I can't strip parts off that car then at least I can determine what distributor is has and go look at other Carb'ed cars.

 

Before I go to the junk yard, I want to make sure this engine will turn over. I can determine that with a 18mm wrench in the crank pulley nut.

 

Then I need to get it to fire up long enough to warm it up and get hot compression readings.

 

Even if I opt not to use this engine, now, I will have a bit of history "for the record" and future use.

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

[markjw]

If you can find a exact matching year,I guess that would be good.But,that's not always an option at the wreckiong yard.I have interchanged the dizzys from '87 all the way up to '94 on the ea82 and have only had to change the connections.

 

The diffreance between a hot and cold compression test is going to tell you little at this point. Personally,I'd do a compression test right off the bat,and determine if the motor was even worth messing with.

[Qman]

I'm thinking along the same line. I found another 87 carb'ed NA in the yard this week but couldn't get a deal for the whole car (cheaper way to get the whole drive train, etc.). The distributor was still in that car, If I can't strip parts off that car then at least I can determine what distributor is has and go look at other Carb'ed cars.

 

Before I go to the junk yard, I want to make sure this engine will turn over. I can determine that with a 18mm wrench in the crank pulley nut.

 

Then I need to get it to fire up long enough to warm it up and get hot compression readings.

 

Even if I opt not to use this engine, now, I will have a bit of history "for the record" and future use.

 

Thanks,

 

Steve

 

A 7/8"(21mm) socket for the crank bolt.

 

The compression test will tell you compression. Problem is the engine has not run in a while. Dry cylinder walls and valve seals/seats, you get the idea.

 

 

If you can find a exact matching year,I guess that would be good.But,that's not always an option at the wreckiong yard.I have interchanged the dizzys from '87 all the way up to '94 on the ea82 and have only had to change the connections.

 

Again, the connections would be the difference between years. Get a carbed distributor to make certain you have the correct one. But, in a pinch, any should produce fire! If you can not find one let me know. I have several distributors on the parts shelf in the garage.

Edited January 2, 2010 by Qman

[john in KY]

Did the original tires survive the trip?

[esteveW]

Yep! I took one tire off my Brat just in case but it turned out that only one of the original tires was flat, a front one. The others had just settled into the soft ground and looked flat. Also noticed that the rear plate was 2007 so the car has been moved in the last 3 years, or perhaps it was run.. The person I got it from was unsure of it's history. From the moss one it I'd say it has been setting for more than 3 yrs.

 

Steve

[ivantruckman]

they have nippondenso and Hitachi, Hitachi was on the 2 wheel drive and denso was on the 4x4, except the automatic 4x4, anyway the Hitachi has a screw to hold the rotor in and the denso does not. unless i have it bassackwards ? its all confusing