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So everyone knows the repro 24V coils for the waterproof distributors suck. Very bad reputation. To the point that people are starting to look for good originals when theirs dies.
Apparently the distributor caps are the same way. I have a customer's M38 right now and he has 2 new Newstar (who makes all the repros and that's what everyone is selling) and both are no good. One has an intermittent failure on the #2 cylinder (I've never seem anything like it, all 4 posts test the same resistance, 1.8 ohms, but it won't fire #2. I borrowed another customer's M38A1 distributor with an original cap and it works perfect).
So what are ya'll doing for caps? Buying Newstars until you get one that works?
Is there anyone (vendors, etc.) that have some NOS caps for sale? NOS meaning vintage ones?
I've totally rebuilt this distributor, converted it away from points to a Pertronix unit, etc., etc and I hate to send this customer down the road with a Newstar cap that may strand him at any moment.
Thanks
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Apparently the distributor caps are the same way. I have a customer's M38 right now and he has 2 new Newstar (who makes all the repros and that's what everyone is selling) and both are no good. One has an intermittent failure on the #2 cylinder (I've never seem anything like it, all 4 posts test the same resistance, 1.8 ohms, but it won't fire #2. I borrowed another customer's M38A1 distributor with an original cap and it works perfect).
So what are ya'll doing for caps? Buying Newstars until you get one that works?
Is there anyone (vendors, etc.) that have some NOS caps for sale? NOS meaning vintage ones?
I've totally rebuilt this distributor, converted it away from points to a Pertronix unit, etc., etc and I hate to send this customer down the road with a Newstar cap that may strand him at any moment.
Thanks
![20170930_215000.jpg 20170930_215000.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/486/486800-0ceb477681aed2da83ca9926fe8a39a1.jpg)
![20171004_121656.jpg 20171004_121656.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/486/486808-76427c1df4f5a396d1a6a9fdf241b47a.jpg)
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