HEI Distributor repair?

[Jim Ward]

I have a 79 coupe with a beoken distributor and need a shop to put back configuration. Any help appreciated.

[Scott Marzahl]

Re: HEI Distributor repair?

Jim,
Where are you located? It is a pretty easy unit to work so I think you may have lots of local options open to you.

[Jim Ward]

Re: HEI Distributor repair?

That make's sense. Thanks for the tip. theres some high perfomance shops around I can try calling them!

[Duke W.]

Re: HEI Distributor repair?

It might help if you tell us what's "broken". There were millions of HEIs built and any mechanic who's been around for at least 10 years can probably rebuild one in his sleep. About the only two parts that are subject to failure are the pickup coil and module, and the advance weight bushings also wear out.

Nearly all GM manuals of the era have a complete troubleshooting and overhaul procedure and you can bench test them with a 12V battery, an electric drill to rotate the shaft, and a single grounded spark plug to check for that blue light.

Duke

[Jim Ward]

Re: HEI Distributor repair?

At first off, And this was done a long time ago.it had an different advance weights and springs installed, at the same visit something was altered to the shaft I not sure of what. I bought a brand new hei unit, so there's no running problems, But I wanted keep the car neuber matching. So that my problem in a bottle Thanks !

[Scott Marzahl]

Re: HEI Distributor repair?

The saft is very basic but maybe it was cracked. I had an HEI once that had cracks in the "Star" portion at the top of the shaft. The GM guys said it wasn't uncommon to need to replace shafts because of this.