I purchased a Cardone distributor in. Installed a new acdelco ignition module with computer heat sink Paiste. The original is crap, but you did a good job.
Nice video, your work is way better than a rockauto reman. It would be cool if you did a 84 fiero 4 cylinder distributor, that one is known to be a pain, even worse when it get moist out and refuses to work. I updated to the later 86 fiero distrubutor which was more sealed.
I owned an 84 4 cylinder and 85 also but I don’t recall distributor problems. Here’s a simple trick for distributors ( 4 cylinder) with moisture problems. Cut the finger tips off a rubber glove and slip it over the cap and run the wires through the fingers and the coil through the thumb and secure it with cable ties . I had to use than on my wife’s Mazda GLC that was very susceptible to moisture in the distributor. They used to sell wire drier once upon a time for that also. If I had an ( found ) an 84 distributor I would rebuild it.
@normanpaulife I might have one for you to check out, would probably make a nice short informational video. I've had several 84 distributors have this same problem, the one where a chip on a wire is bolted in the distributor. And the ignition module connections are not sealed, and the rotor cap is held down by spring arms. Always thought it was the pickup coil that went bad in those.
No, because I never turned the key ( rotated engine), changed the cam timing. If you have you’ll never to find TDC on compression by turning the engine and covering the spark hole with your thumb ( backyard mechanic method) or I use a remote starter switch with a compression tester to Get it close , but not past top dead center , then use a breaker bar to ease the engine over to TDC look at the piston with a strong light. Very good question by the way !!!!
