kyle234 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 so i just got an 87 carbed gl it was running poorly, decent at an idle and good at 4000 and up but the mid range was doggish and with a slight mis. plugs were really really bad so i replaced them figured the wires should be retired as well new rotor and cap. it made and improvement but still has no power. im thinking the distributor may be shot i can turn the rotor by hand 10 or 20 degrees and its very clunky and doesn't spring back. ive never messed with a subi dist. but i know vw dist. are not suppose to be like that. i checked the vac advance by sticking on a section of hose and sucking i could see the arm wiggle but not advance. car quest wants $320 for a dist. whats my best course of action from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayakertom Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 If you are in the PDX area, I think I have a spare (or two) carbed distributor that you can try; if it works, I'll sell it for a good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle234 Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 thanks for the offer but i went to pull a part and got a decent bosch distributor for $30 after swapping distributors i thought i would fix the high idle and turns out the vacuum lines are not hooked up correctly so now i have to try and figure out were it went wrong. does anybody have any tips on how to make it a bit easier. and could there be any other causes for high idle, a dead spot when you hit the throttle and a mis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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