SteveO

I'm looking for another, rather a replacment coil igniter. I found that Downey sells a Jacobs 40K volt for about 30 bucks. My coil igniter is slowly dying. Its getting harder and harder to start. I ohmed it out today, and its out of spec. Anybody have some favorites that they have really liked, AND didn't cost them an arm and a leg?

Astralplane

Word of caution, my ignitor ohmed out of spec per the toyota factory manual.
Dealer didn't stock item so I had to pay for it in advance.
New ignitor ohmed out exactly the same as the old one. $80 bucks down the drain.
The 1994 manual spec range is not correct.

SteveO

Well, thats not a good thing, when you can't trust the Factory manual. :pat:

MTL_4runner

Was your multimeter bad?

SteveO

Mine is brand new.....Pretty high dollar one at that.....

Astralplane

No, I checked out every sensor, switch, coil, etc I could and the coil ignitor was the only item not in spec.
I was having a bad no horrible stumbling during start-up.
Real problem was a bad head gasket.

SteveO

Once you got it running, would it run OK?

I just had my timing belt down by some "professionals", and they replaced the head gasket as well. However, the only time it has a hard time starting up, stumbling, is when its warm out and has been sitting for a while under the sun. I dunno, I just ordered a Jacobs standard replacement coil from Summit Raceing. I'm hoping this will take care of it.