Died on Freeway, I dont know why - Page 3

chikinwing2 · May 17th, 2006, 05:09 PM

i recently had a similar problem with this. unfortunantl i had to take mine to the shop. my distributer went bad, it will act as if it is a random miss. check the check ingen codes and see what they flash. mine flashed that it was the second cylinder mis-fire but it was the distributor tripping the light.

chikinwing2 · May 17th, 2006, 05:16 PM

that screw is a bitch, even if you replace the rotor and car, that piece of metal that the screw goes into is actually part of the distributor, everytime that screw comes out it bores out that hole alittle bit a little bit longer and that screw will not even bite down. a simple and cheap solution is to go with the same length but about a 16th of an inch wider wtih roughly the same threading, or get some lock-tight with the original screw which should lock it down but when going to replace it, it will be a s.o.b. to get it off. or do what i had to do. the solution that finally worked for me was to replace the whole thing when the distributor went bad.

IanH · May 17th, 2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by chikinwing2

that screw is a bitch, even if you replace the rotor and car, that piece of metal that the screw goes into is actually part of the distributor, everytime that screw comes out it bores out that hole alittle bit a little bit longer and that screw will not even bite down. a simple and cheap solution is to go with the same length but about a 16th of an inch wider wtih roughly the same threading, or get some lock-tight with the original screw which should lock it down but when going to replace it, it will be a s.o.b. to get it off. or do what i had to do. the solution that finally worked for me was to replace the whole thing when the distributor went bad.

Another thought would be to see if you can use a longer screw AND some locktight.
The only other solution without getting a new shaft or distributer is to helicoil the threads in the shaft.

Good Luck...