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> 914 fuel injected distributor
amcmackin
post Apr 10 2018, 10:40 AM
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I have been absent for a while and my car has sat, but upon running the car around i notice that the power was gone in the upper RPMs. I put electronic ignition in it thinking that might help, but it did not. After taking it to a shop they told me the distributor was bad.

The shop wants me to replace the distributor which is the original vacuum advance one, with a 123 distributor. I am looking to sell the car, so putting a $500+ distributor is not on my agenda.

Is there any way to loose the vacuum advance or am I stuck having this original one rebuilt. Not looking to break the bank either.

Aidan
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post Apr 10 2018, 11:06 AM
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I have been absent for a while and my car has sat, but upon running the car around i notice that the power was gone in the upper RPMs. I put electronic ignition in it thinking that might help, but it did not. After taking it to a shop they told me the distributor was bad.

The shop wants me to replace the distributor which is the original vacuum advance one, with a 123 distributor. I am looking to sell the car, so putting a $500+ distributor is not on my agenda.

Is there any way to loose the vacuum advance or am I stuck having this original one rebuilt. Not looking to break the bank either.

Aidan

If you just need a vacuum advance unit, try the Samba's classifieds. There is also a guy there who rebuilds the Bosch distributors. Electronic ignition units, like pertronix, will "compensate" for worn bushings in the distributor, in the sense that they are not as sensitive to shaft wobble like points are.
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