Bassim;
        You do not need the whole distributor. Only the Hall-Effect
Sensor. I purchesed one used for about $20.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 10:59:01 -0700 Bassim Dowidar
<handfulofdimes@YAHOO.COM> writes:
> Me again. Posted the message about the van stalling
> intermittently two days ago. To repeat - it would just
> go out like a switch was turned - then wouldn't start
> for a couple of hours - then it would start and run
> fine until it died again.
> Anyway - finally got it into the shop (Dealer). They
> were able to reproduce the problem (thank God) and
> diagnosed it as a faulty Distributor, for which they
> want $450!!! plus an hour labor. That, in addition to
> a faulty passenger window switch brings my grand total
> for diagnosis, parts and labor to just under $1000.
>
> My question is - can I get this distributor cheaper?
> can I put it in myself? (I've got tools and basic
> KnowHow, but have never done this before). Help!
>
> Bassim
>
>
>
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