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Subject:Re: Has anyone R&R'd the distributor in a sy
Date:Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:17:11 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-23 10:15:14 EDT, Porter_Fred%PAX9@mr.nawcad.navy.mil
writes:

>Has anyone replaced the distributor assembly in a 2.1 syncro digifant? 
> Where  did you get your part?  I got a quote for a rebuilt bosch unit from 
>Trak Auto for ~$176.  Sound in the ballpark?  The local mech quoted me $600+

>for  a new unit.
>
>

I seriously doubt the distributor is bad.  There is no advance mechanism in
it and play in the assembly is normal as long as it is not side to side.