Monte Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I just called Roo-Builders and was told they're not in business anymore. Where to get a rebuilt distributor? Monte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 call them back and ask where they got their parts from. the crank angle sensor built into the distributor should be easily replaced if you can source the part. otherwise they were the only source i knew of. how about two used units, that should last you as long as one rebuilt one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 http://www.philbingroup.com/fhhistory.htm If they don't have one in stock, send them a junkyard one and have them rebuild it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 http://www.philbingroup.com/fhhistory.htm If they don't have one in stock, send them a junkyard one and have them rebuild it for you. $300? Guess I'll try Aaron's. Monte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 $300? Guess I'll try Aaron's. Monte They can rebuild what you have for about what roo-builders would have cost. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exister99 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Every so often one will show up on eBay for about $100. I picked one up there recently and keep it stashed as a back up. You can also rebuild it yourself in a few hours. Napa carries the bushings and they tap out pretty easily with a punch. A new ignition module can be spendy, but I scored my current one for an incredible $20 on eBay. One good thing to know is that while the EA81 and EA82 distributors have different bodies many of the internals are the same. I have a whole box of distributors that I use for parts etc. All in all I could probably conjure up 3 working distributors which should be enough to last me until the sun burns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 All in all I could probably conjure up 3 working distributors which should be enough to last me until the sun burns out.This is the way to go; I probably scored the last distributor delivered by roo-builders (sad, I think Kevin was an okay guy; hard to see a guy lose his business). When I installed it, I also put the original, working distributor in my "stash" box along with parts and internals for another 4 or 5; with three brats in the family, you can never have enough spare parts for a 22 year old car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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