Hi All, I have an issue with my 91 Loyale. I tried to do a tuneup on my roo Wednesday afternoon and had a part issue with the dist. cap and ignition rotor. I went to my local Napa and bought dist. cap #EP778SB and rotor #EP845SB. After I installed them on the car I rolled the engine around 4 times and it didn't start. I pulled the dist. cap back off and found that the rotor had scored the inside of the cap and bent 3 of the 4 terminals on the inside of the cap. I checked the part that the rotor screws to it was tight. I put the original cap and rotor back on and the car and it wouldn't start. Then I took the originals back off, pulled the dust cover off, and looked at the internals. I noticed that the disc inside looks like it twisted on the shaft a little . The place on the disc where the flat spot rides is bent up on one side and not touching on the other leaving a gap of approximately 1/16th of an inch. Now my question is how do i get that disc off without bending it so i can get the disc flattened out and realigned? the dist. #s are 22100 AA440 for the top row D4P86-03 B1105 for the second row. I read through these forums last night I checked all my fuses and fusible links and the car ran great. I am 99% sure that the disc twistage is the issue and im certain that if i get it off i can get it back into shape.

It is going to be much easier to put a new/used distributor in the car. You can get one from a local junk yard or I have one you can use. I'm sure we can come to an agreement. Also, in the future, always take your old disty parts to the parts store and make sure they give you the right ones. They are notorious for giving out the wrong caps.

Yeah that was the funny part. All the pieces looked the same. I think that the spacing of the terminals on the inside of the dist. cap was wrong.

I think there is two different sizes of caps and rotors available. It depends which make of disty you have. It is best to have the parts in hand when you purchase new ones to compare with.

I fixed it. I took the disc out and tapped the flat spot back down with a hammer. Once I did the same to the 3 pronged metal piece underneath the disc it worked fine. Believe me I won't make that mistake again. Thanks to both of you for your responses it was appreciated greatly. It just seemed a whole lot worse than it was.

glad you got it fixed.