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MT Tom
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11/18/2006
05:25:23

Subject: Distributor Life Expectancy
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Larry talked about distributor/coil life expectancy issues in an earlier post but didn't mention how long a stock one could be expected to last. Mine appears to need its 3rd cap and rotor, and maybe a 2nd Halls Effect pickup in 20,000 miles. Is this normal?



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11/18/2006
17:56:29

RE: Distributor Life Expectancy
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your EIP vents in the base of the distrbuter are plugged. cap can't vent moisture causing it all to rot apart. take off cap and rotor, cam sensor, and there are two holes with baffles that will be plugged with crap. take compressed air and clean carefully, then get new cap, rotor, and call it done. good luck
turtle tom



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11/23/2006
01:46:25

RE: Distributor Life Expectancy
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the sensors like the crank or dis pickup can
last forever

20,000 miles I would look for a short somewhere
a cap with the stock ign should last 60,000 easy

There have been some cases where the dist bushings
go bad can you wiggle the shaft up and down
play is normal side to side is not

but that should not effect the crank sensor that
sensor sends direct to the comp the dist pickup
only tells the injectors when to pulse

Larry
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11/23/2006
03:32:57

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Thanks! I will check these suggestions out. Thanks for you ideas.



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