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Here's the first of my write-ups taken from my HG job.

I had two problems here:

- How to set the timing when the engine wouldn't start, and with nobody to turn the engine over while I held the timing light

- How to hook up a vintage, non-inductive Sears timing light

First, the electrical wiring diagram indicated that jumping terminal 3 of the starter relay to battery + would turn the starter over. Here's how to do it:

- Pull out the starter relay
- Put a paperclip or spade connector into the terminal closest to the firewall
- Connect your remote starter leads to the paperclip and to the + battery terminal

Done! This works even if the truck's ignition isn't running, so be sure the ignition is on if you're trying to check the timing and not just doing a compression test or something.

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Next, the vintage timing light, really nice heavy indestructible metal case, cheap off ebay, doesn't hook up as easily as an inductive timing light. The signal lead needs to actually touch the bare wire of the #1 spark plug circuit.

The common way to do that is to make a little extension that fits between the spark plug and its wire. However, the 3VZE spark plugs are so hard to get to, so I decided to make one that fit between the distributor and the wire. A quick trip to Radio Shack, I found that the banana connectors are a little bit small, but otherwise similar shape to the 3VZE distributor cap connectors. I disassembled the connectors, stretched out the female connector to accept the spark plug wire, and stretched out the male connector to make a tight fit into the distributor cap. Finally, I soldered them together. Pics below.

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Last pic....

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Last tool to do the timing: the Toyota SST 09843-18020, used to jump terminals TE1 and E1 to put the timing at 10 degrees BTDC.

I've got what I'm pretty sure is the official Toyota tool. Check it out! I've got a line on more of these, $20 each shipped to your door!