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Originally Posted by RodKnock
For $246, you can buy a new one. Maybe it's time. 
Also, maybe I can hire you to polish my car. I have the Cyclo polisher now.  |
The magnetic pickup is only $23 -- that's the thing that looked rusty. It's just two screws, pry it out of the silicone, and pop a new one in. No need to pull the distributor, which is not a big deal...
unless the
oil shaft holds on to the distributor for just an instant and you don't have that little C-clip on the
oil shaft right below the block that keeps it from pulling out of the
oil pump. Then,
invariably, the shaft comes up and then immediatly falls back down, wedging itself in a funky position. You've now turned a half hour job in to a PITA.
Seriously though, have you pulled your cap off and just eyeballed your MSD to see what it looks like?