My father phoned me today to ask about his Carina E. The place he gets it serviced has told him the distributor needs changing as it is leaking. Quoted £220 + £70 labor! I think I could just about undo the two screws holding the cap on and the one(two?) bolts holding it on the end of the cam box, put a replacement on and time it up in about 1/2 hour so thats like £140/hr.
What's the price for a recon distributor? A brief look as not turned up any online and all breakers seem to opperate on a 'tell us what you want basis'.
Stripped one I had lying around off a old 84 Celica (side mount type always had a slight weep at head from distributor) has a drain hole at low side of base. Internals except main shaft came out easy but I would not be able get the drive pinion off easily as it is held by a riveted pin. How is the drive dog held on the new inline ones? Are they rebuildable? Assuming it's not a gusher does it really need replacing?
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