Xeryon Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 heres one for the mechs... the video is irrelevant, i used my crappy digi cam to capture the audio mostly, the sound quality is terrible, so bear with me on it. if you listen closely, over the sound of the valves, you can hear the distributor squealing. I am very certain that is the source because if I place my hand on it I can feel it vibrate, where I can place my hand on the VC and I do not feel that same vibration. It only does it when the car is entirely warmed up, and only when it is at low idle. Car otherwise is operating as normal. No other symptoms to note. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 no one has any thoughts on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdelsol95 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 um... did you just replace it or did it just start doing it one day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 gradually started becoming more pronounced. It is the original stock disty on a 77k motor. No interference from myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdelsol95 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 have you opened it to see if anything was loose? or to see if anything was hitting? edit : well not hitting but rubbing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 i haven't yet. i've torn others apart so i am familiar with them, i have just never heard one sounding like this before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdelsol95 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 well it just sounds like its rubbing on one of the connectors in there, ive heard it on my old probe lol, it had a lot more miles on it, but i replaced it all bc it was running like crap, but id open it and take a look at it, if anything its not real expensive to replace it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 Lucky for me I do have two spares in the garage. Since Honda distys were known for being a common failure point I have been pilfering them when ever I go to a junkyard. Just haven't had to replace one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdelsol95 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 ya there a quick easy fix, but id open that up and do a good visual inspection of it and make sure thats all, let me know how it is, got to get some sleep damn 3rd shift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 holy sheet batman I pulled that disty off and OH-MY-GOD, when i took off the cover the dust started pouring out of it. Apparently the bearings went and in the process ground themselves into a rusty dust along with the shaft they spun around. The rotor itself had a wobble in it of probably 1/8 of an inch. Can't believe the thing ran at all. It was so bound up I couldn't spin the rotor by hand to get to the screw. I had to put a set of pliers on it just to spin it around to take it off. Problem fixed. I said earlier that I had been stealing distributors whenever I got the chance, well I had one that would work. It was from a 96 dx I think. The housing was the same, but the harness was different. The disty had the same wire assortment coming out of it though. So I cut off the harnesses and rewired them so they would plug into the del sol, mounted it up and she runs like a champ now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hdelsol95 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 ya i was gunna say something about the bearings but yet it didnt sound loud enough to be that, but its good its all fixed, now i need to figure out my damn cars issue lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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