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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: Cali-Deuce on October 02, 2012, 02:00:18 pm
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Went to the Good Guy's car show and swap meet held at the Alameda county fairgrounds "Pleasanton, Ca." and picked up a used MSD StreetFire HEI distributor ($60) for my 74 Chevy C10 Cheyenne Step Side Pick-up, this past August. Thought I was making the deal of the day as it appeared to be hardly used. Turns out I picked up a 60 buck broken GM HEI distributor... I think the ignition control module is toast after installing and trouble shooting until later hours of the night...
The original distributor had issues with rust on the weighted advance and possibly the vacuum advance was shot to. Starting and performance suffered and made driving this truck rather difficult and costly. I had a spare GM HEI distributor from a deal I made on 2 doors I bought for parts and weather stripping. Turns out this saved the day and now the truck starts and runs much better. I didn't realize how bad my distributor was until I pulled and checked it out.
The replacement ignition control module from MSD is about $45 and change. I'm looking around the local part stores and speed shops to see if anyone has one in stock, which could drop the cost of shipping ($10).
I'm just a bit pissed about the guy that sold me the Street fire distributor as he assured me it was good.... what can I say... it's risky to buy distributors, alternators, fuel pumps, or starters at swap meets.
Deuce
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Bummer
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I got an enttire brand new HEI distributor on EBAY for 45 bucks shipped, it's not an MSD but its been working great since february
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Is there any more of those on e-Bay?
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Assault-Racing-Small-Block-Chevy-HEI-Distributor-SBC-GM-65-000-/330691332954?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item4cfebd4b5a
This is the exact one I bought from the same company, do a search for sbc hei and you will find tons of them.
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Thanks for the info - I will check it out
Deuce