Help! 87 2.3L CGT fuel distributor woes

[Mark R]

The seals can harden and the various orifices (orifi?) can get varnished as
the gas sitting there evaporates.

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Dec 19, 2007 5:29 PM, Wayne Reser <popflyz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm having my local mechanic perform some much needed work on Coupe #2.
>  He narrowed the the no-run problem to the fuel distributor. Got a
> replacement from Chris at Force5. It worked for one day and then reportedly
> failed during the final test drive.
>
>  The mechanic has said that it would be best to use a fuel distributor
> pulled from a running car; that a FD that was allowed to "dry-out" had a
> higher probability of failure or even being DOA. I suppose then that I
> should feel lucky that this replacement ran at all but I can't figure the
> logic of wet vs. dry.
>
>  Any opinions on the matter?
>
>  Should I contact Chris for a second fuel distributor, or hope that some
> other Coupe or 4K owner signed an automotive organ donor card?
>
>  Wayne
>
>
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