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| DennisV |
  Aug 21 2022, 06:10 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 497 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California 
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Who has tackled rebuilding their own Marelli distributor, and to what level of success?
I can find a few core candidates on eBay and the classifieds. What makes a good core? There are rebuild kits and parts now. I've found a couple videos and tutorials. The mechanical seems reasonable. I have access to a media blaster for cleanup. What I don't have is a Sun machine or way to check the centrifugal advance when I'm done. What are the other pitfalls that make sending one out for restoration a $500+ job? What is the worst case outcome if it's messed up and put on an engine? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Thank you. |
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| 914Sixer |
Aug 21 2022, 06:34 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,908 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Unless your dead set on using the Marelli, find a 911T Bosch replacement.
SparxWerks.com in Arizona can set your specs on old school Sun machine, may even be able to do the Marelli. |
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| DennisV |
Aug 21 2022, 09:03 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 497 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(914Sixer @ Aug 21 2022, 05:34 PM)  Unless your dead set on using the Marelli, find a 911T Bosch replacement. SparxWerks.com in Arizona can set your specs on old school Sun machine, may even be able to do the Marelli. Thanks for the SparkWerks suggestions. I'll see what they're interested in doing, and add them to the Service Providers list. Our car is a 1970, and I believe that Marelli is correct for that year. It appears that Bosch is a more popular brand, but best I can tell that is because parts had been hard to get for the Marelli. Not that it was a particularly bad design. I'm open to being corrected on that. It seems Marelli parts are more widely available these days. I will find out soon enough on both points (bad joke intended). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) |
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DennisV Marelli Distributor Rebuild Experience Aug 21 2022, 06:10 PM
fiacra If you decide not to do it yourself I'd also s... Aug 21 2022, 09:59 PM gulf908 . . . Our car is a 1970, and I believe that Marell... Aug 22 2022, 12:39 AM
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