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adelaide
Registered:
October 2003
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1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 11:56
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Has anyone purchased one of these before ? I rang toyota and it is bloody 260 bucks ! just for the button. Cap is cheap 50 bucks.
Help very much appreciated ..
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 12:24
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The rotor is a wierd double ended design.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was very expensive, but $260 is rediculous
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Location:
Adelaide, SA
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 21:57
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Eeek 
I'd just cut my losses, sell the 1g and get a 1/2JZ-GTE  But my dizzy is in good condition.
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Location:
Bunbury, W.A.
Registered:
January 2005
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 22:58
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Go to repco and get them to pull out their bosch book and look through all of the pictures. They don't actually list the 1GGTE engine under anything but you may be able to find the right part you are after.
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Location:
newcastle nsw
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 23:02
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im using coil packs on mine, and have a rotor button in the shed if your interested
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Tue, 22 February 2005 23:24
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Yup thats what I was quoted. They were promptly told that I could buy an entire 1G for not much more than that.
Was that through Castle Hill Toyota??
Also try Lander Toyota, they have an import department and i have found them cheaper on some occasions.
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 02:03
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I have one for you available too if you want it. They have diodes(??) in them, that's why they cost more.
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 02:10
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They are some damn expensive diodes 
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 02:15
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Yeah, tell me about it. I can't fathom why it's so, but it's a special rotor button.
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 10:39
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lol i wouldnt mind puting in a 1/2j . Yeah ive looked through the bosch books . But its actually a nippondenso dizzy . That was through cmi toyota here in adelaide on account. It is a very strange looking rb , but its rediculous hey.
Luckily its working but its pretty shaby, so if it ends up fucking up ill see about your spares cheers.
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 10:42
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lol i wouldnt mind puting in a 1/2j . Yeah ive looked through the bosch books . But its actually a nippondenso dizzy . That was through cmi toyota here in adelaide on account. It is a very strange looking rb , but its rediculous hey.
Luckily its working but its pretty shaby, so if it ends up fucking up ill see about your spares cheers.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 22:42
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hu,
yeah i have bought one for that kind of money.
i have a friend that works for toyota and he got it for me the best he could......
put the money towards aftermarket management and coilpacks.
Cheers
Stew
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 23:04
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Hey stu, are you still persisting with the standard ECU? Hows it going?
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Wed, 23 February 2005 23:23
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Well I've got two if you want one.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Thu, 24 February 2005 07:03
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hey Anthony....
the standard ecu is still there at the moment.... but the car has been off the road since it ran at the creek last year so no developments that way.
i will be going after market soonish though in the quest for more power....
Stew
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Location:
tallahassee FL usOFa
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Thu, 24 February 2005 15:13
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rotor failures are extremely rare, so i think that replacements are unnecesssary at least 90% of the time, yet people like to replace simple & easy things just because they can.
yours is probably costly because its got a built in resistor, like the resistor plug wires & plugs & coil to dizzy wire aren't enough. if the resistor has failed, you may be able to solder in a piece to jump it, or find a non-resistor replacement that costs MUCH less.
otherwise, just wire brush the tip or rub it on the sidewalk a little.
if the center spring like contact on it is rough, sand it smooth so that it doesn't eat/chew up the center carbon contact in the dizzy cap.
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Thu, 24 February 2005 20:38
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| TOY77 wrote on Thu, 24 February 2005 18:03 |
hey
the standard ecu is still there at the moment.... but the car has been off the road since it ran at the creek last year so no developments that way.
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What times did you run? I guess you had the drag slics on for it.
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Location:
adelaide
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Fri, 25 February 2005 07:35
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| allencr wrote on Fri, 25 February 2005 01:43 |
rotor failures are extremely rare, so i think that replacements are unnecesssary at least 90% of the time, yet people like to replace simple & easy things just because they can.
yours is probably costly because its got a built in resistor, like the resistor plug wires & plugs & coil to dizzy wire aren't enough. if the resistor has failed, you may be able to solder in a piece to jump it, or find a non-resistor replacement that costs MUCH less.
otherwise, just wire brush the tip or rub it on the sidewalk a little.
if the center spring like contact on it is rough, sand it smooth so that it doesn't eat/chew up the center carbon contact in the dizzy cap.
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Its got nothing to do with the resistors or diodes in the rotorbutton. The problem is the contacts that wear out, they have tiny pits on them and eventually wear to much.
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Location:
tallahassee FL usOFa
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Fri, 25 February 2005 15:08
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there is a center contact and a tip that will get pitted from arcing to the terminals on the cap. there is no actual contact.
those pits are insignificant and barely hurt anything. sure, if it's cleaned up, the spark will have to jump a few thousandths more, but it will not affect performance at all.
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Location:
Newcastle
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Fri, 25 February 2005 21:56
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hey,
yeah i had those little baby slicks from dubbo....
i ran 12.5 @ 110.89mph
stew
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Location:
Madrid - Spain
Registered:
August 2002
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Re: 1G rotor button !
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Mon, 28 February 2005 02:03
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Well done on the time Stew. I just took mine to the creek a couple of weeks back and ran a 13.7 with an open diff and street tyres. Not too shabby for a standard 1G.
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