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Advice Needed - Replace Distributor?
LSS - Mechanically challenged and alternator seized. Got the car home, studied the 101 projects book and searched this forum for help on the issue. While taking out the old alternator I decided the fan and fan housing needed to be cleaned and painted. Then I decided it just wouldn't look right unless I painted the fan housing strap so I searched this forum and discovered that in order to remove the strap the distributor had to come out which leads me to my question.
I don't have a problem with the distributor but it is +/- 24 years old. Should I replace it since I have it out?
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10-11-2005, 07:50 PM
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The shaft side to side play seems to be the heads up on a rebuild. Measure yours in .000
A new one is big bucks.
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Pelican has good pricing on rebuilt dizzy's
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Fixing something that ain't broke is a good starting point for a black hole.
Might as well send it and a check to me and I will send it back in the same box looking like new. Nobody seems to know what the specs are to replace, not even in the Spec Book. |
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"I don't have a problem with the distributor but it is +/- 24 years old. Should I replace it since I have it out?"
As stlrj points out, if it ain't broke ...... But you can add a few drop of oil into the lube area, even if you haven't done that in 24 years. And if you're a few years late in the above, you can check the shaft-to-housing clearance and fix that if it's now too sloppy. And you can check for full mechanical advance with a timing light. Sherwood |
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I think I would look for a second opinion.
Nothing worse than spending lots of money on parts that are perfectly good based on one persons opinion that may or may not be valid. |
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