[V8] Experienced? I Need to Know, "Older" Parts in "Newer" Models

[toml99 at todomundo.com]

Hey Bob, I'll second Ed's gluing  suggestion as you may have noticed,  
there aren't a lot of 4.2 distributors out there.  However, if you  
are unfortunate as I was with the 93 Pearl car, the connector got  
loose, and the "window" in the spinning disk severed all 3 wires  
inside.  I was able eventually to solder all 3 back together(without  
having to disassemble the distributor) and seal that solder joint/JB- 
weld(the quick stuff) the wires/connector back in place so they  
didn't get near that "spinning window of hassle", and all was well  
and it's still working as far as I know.  Many said that the lack of  
Hall signal would just make the ECU go into a "predetermined" mode  
and shouldn't effect things much, but I did notice a big difference  
when I got that soldered back together,however  I didn't have your  
symptoms  and the "wait 5 min" thing makes me think it's something  
else (sensor like Ed had already said/maybe a fuel thing.  I've found  
that if you remove the big green O-ring on the distributor, you can  
easily slip it in(only goes on 1 way), then tape the rotor to the  
body so it can't move, and reinstall with the new O-ring(you wouldn't  
put that old one back in would you) which can be a struggle.  The  
main reason I got rid of the 93 was oil burning, but the rest was  
lack of availability of things like this....Even though it was  
Pearl......Good luck......

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