Take care of your six banger!

Mr Mojo · July 27, 2003

Well after 188,000 miles, my truck finally left me stranded.

Funny thing is, I had just sold it the night before, but the buyer had not come to get it. He hands me a check(a coworker) and I explain to him that the truck is now dead. I told him I would fix it at my expense.

Well after some inspection, I think you can tell why my truck wouldn't start.

Basically I rebuilt the distributor. It would have been faster and easier to just throw a rebuilt one in, but doing the rebuild my self was more fun and educational.

Doesn't take long and it cost me approximately $110 with shipping(could have got a rebuilt for $120). But now(except for the housing)everything is brand new.

The vehicle is now residing at it's new home.

Here's the old distributor shaft

Here's the brandy new one

What I found while disassembling the distributor

New shield,pole piece and pickup coil

WEFs99 · July 28, 2003

Is that a Fedex box I see?

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It's good it died before the coworker got it. You taking care of the problem shows him your an honest seller.

Mr Mojo · July 28, 2003

Bill, you sold the vette?

Yeah, The Fed Ex box contains my LTCC conversion kit to change over to the LS1 style ignition for the LT1.

WEFs99 · July 29, 2003

Bill, you sold the vette?

Yeah, The Fed Ex box contains my LTCC conversion kit to change over to the LS1 style ignition for the LT1.

Frank, I don't keep up with the LT1's since I got the '02 but do you mean there is something to replace the Opti?

Mr Mojo · August 4, 2003

It doesn't replace the opti, but uses the optical part for signal and LS1 coils. I'm getting closer to getting it in. It will look similar to an LS1 with the coils on the valve covers.