Get an MSD one for fairly cheap, but at 158k you're looking at trouble if you don't just replace the whole distributor for a bit more. You can find them for ~$300 maybe less, but it is very cheap insurance not to have to go thru the headache of having the optical sensor fail on you in a few thousand miles.


I have a question for everyone else on a side note. I have the puller that was used in the vid on the crank hub right now trying to coax this thing off and it keeps turning the engine over, should I put it in gear?

 

Absolutely NOTHING wrong with that cap/rotor. Clean it up and it'll be as good as new and will serve for many miles to come.

 

Assuming it's a manual, put your car in 5th gear and engage the e-brake and you'll be golden. If it's an auto you'll have to get creative on somehow stopping the engine from turning over.

 

It's a 6.

 

Thats what i thought too, i've seen some horror ones in my day, i cleaned up the rotor & its nice & gold now, looks great, the cap was barely dirty inside, the car never missed, i just decided to pull it, i've been having an issue in 4th. gear WOT at 5000 with it having a hick-up after taking out the hypertech programmer, but its running the Gran MAF, i'm going back with a stock screened MAF, hopeing that stops it, it never did this with the hypertech installed, so i figured in my extra time, i would remove the Opti & take a look, i'm really shocked how well the cap/rotor held up after that many miles, i'm not too concerned about the opti going out, if it does i'll just replace it, money is so f#ckin tight right now its pitiful , i hope i don't have to sell the car soon, thats how bad it is.

 

Like SS RRR said use your 5th gear. I've used 5th and 6th with no issues but yea it will need to be in gear. Auto's need to locate a flywheel holder.