Most here I know already know this stuff, but since I'm still fairly new to this scene and learning? I figured to write this.
So basically my story begins with a distributor replacement. Not really that exciting, went pretty well.
The old one on the Caprice here was the original Delco Remy unit from the 80's, it was in good condition on the outside...
However it was quite rusty on the inside, and I found a new distributor and coil combo off eBay for around $100 CAD.
Seemed like a great deal at the time, nice new red distributor and coil.
But yeah, so it gets installed and all I had to say at first was WOW. Throttle response improved quite a lot.
However I noticed the grey and black connectors, that run to the coil did not seem to clip on properly.
Then, now almost 2 full months later recently with the heat I've been having stalling issues.
While there was fuel problems, the car would give very little warning when it stalled.
So after so many times of being stuck out in traffic, I finally got it towed last night. Tow truck driver happened to have a Caprice himself, and we both agreed the ICM or coil was likely.
Then last night, I replaced it with an old GM one out of a distributor a friend of mine gave me.
Still had trouble starting, but seemed to be more responsive.
Installed a new coil and wires today? Started right up.
I had no idea aftermarket components are built to fail that quickly, but lesson learned for sure.
So basically my story begins with a distributor replacement. Not really that exciting, went pretty well.
The old one on the Caprice here was the original Delco Remy unit from the 80's, it was in good condition on the outside...
However it was quite rusty on the inside, and I found a new distributor and coil combo off eBay for around $100 CAD.
Seemed like a great deal at the time, nice new red distributor and coil.
But yeah, so it gets installed and all I had to say at first was WOW. Throttle response improved quite a lot.
However I noticed the grey and black connectors, that run to the coil did not seem to clip on properly.
Then, now almost 2 full months later recently with the heat I've been having stalling issues.
While there was fuel problems, the car would give very little warning when it stalled.
So after so many times of being stuck out in traffic, I finally got it towed last night. Tow truck driver happened to have a Caprice himself, and we both agreed the ICM or coil was likely.
Then last night, I replaced it with an old GM one out of a distributor a friend of mine gave me.
Still had trouble starting, but seemed to be more responsive.
Installed a new coil and wires today? Started right up.
I had no idea aftermarket components are built to fail that quickly, but lesson learned for sure.