Help?

[Mark Woodland]

Greetings folks,
Its that time of year here in PA, where its finally gotten cold enough for
the intermittant gremlins to surface.
My 87 5KTQ failed me today on one of the first days of mid 20s average temp.
The fuel pump fired with the relay "bridged" with the test fuse, so ailment
is most likely the Hall sensor in the distributor. It failed once before,
several years ago, and when I disconnected the connector, tested the sensor
and reconnected the connector, it ran fine... Been fine ever since, till
today.
I went right back to pulling the connector and reconnecting, wire jiggling,
muffled cursing in a stiff breeze and finally opted to hitch a ride out and
call AAA.
When I returned 45 minutes later, it started right up (happy, happy), and I
made it home in time to cancel AAA. (joy, joy).
Its typically the commuter of choice (two hours a day round trip) for my
wife and son, and my wife suggests that such "features" are not well
received...
I seem to recall that the hall sender is non-obtanium separately, and only
comes with the complete distributor. Anybody out there know if this is so,
or if there is an acceptable substitute?
If not, mebbe a low(er) mileage used distributor?
Best regards, to all and may you all have the best of all possible years.
Mark Woodland
Max 87 5KTQ 230k
Gina 86 5KTQW 220k
Ursula 77 Volvo 245 300+k
Ratty (for now) 80 Alfa Spider, mit Frankenengine, per the "other" list

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