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| DennisV |
  Aug 21 2022, 06:10 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 486 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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| gulf908 |
Aug 22 2022, 12:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 123 Joined: 25-December 13 From: Sydney Member No.: 16,795 Region Association: Australia and New Zealand |
. . . Our car is a 1970, and I believe that Marelli is correct for that year . . .
Dennis according to the workshop manual,the Bosch distributors came in in April 1970 and prior to that would have been Marelli my #1907 is a May 1970 build and has a Bosch distributor what month was your car built ? cheers Dennis (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| DennisV |
Aug 22 2022, 05:44 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 486 Joined: 8-August 20 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 24,575 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(gulf908 @ Aug 21 2022, 11:39 PM)  according to the workshop manual,the Bosch distributors came in in April 1970 and prior to that would have been Marelli... what month was your car built ? According to the info I got from Dave Pateman, ours was built in February 1970. Given there is no date range in the parts catalog for the CDI (aka Control unit BHKZ) I'm guessing the Bosch (no condenser) is compatible? I told myself I wasn't going to obsess over the originality on this car like our 356, but here I am... |
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