In most cases, you will have to replace the distributor cap or rotor (or both). Before we get into the symptoms of a bad distributor, understanding how the distributor works will be helpful in ...

If you have storage space, keep the old distributor cap with a label as to make, year and model so that you can match the caps again if you eventually need a replacement.

If there is a standard in the world for a stand-alone electronic ignition distributor for GM engines, it has to be the High Energy Ignition or HEI distributor. This large cap distributor first ...

Note that these larger distributor caps also typically incorporate enough ... The first is to obtain a good salvage-yard replacement. Remember, the 1974-1980 HEI distributors used the same advance ...

This car has an old-fashioned distributor cap and rotor. Most likely ... It still didn’t work. He tried to replace a coil, located on the driver’s side near the back door.

Let’s start by looking at the evolution of the GM High Energy Ignition (HEI) system. This system became available as an option in 1974 and was standard in all 1975-and-later vehicles, with the ...

The ignition (or distributor) cap is where ignition wires that run to the spark plugs receive high-voltage current from the ignition coil. Metal contacts in the cap connect with contacts in the ...

I recently acquired a 1968 Chevy truck with what is probably a replacement 350 motor ... I replaced the coil, then the distributor points, condenser, rotor, and cap. I've got good spark now ...