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Pro tip: Don't waste $80 on a 'restored' distributor like I did
Last spring I bought a rebuilt distributor off a flea market table for my 1965 Mustang. The guy swore it was bench tested and ready to go. I threw it in, spent two hours setting timing, and the car ran worse than with the original 50 year old one. Turns out the vacuum advance was seized and the points gap was way off. I had to scrap it and buy a proper unit from a known parts shop for $120. Learned my lesson about buying electrical parts from random booths. Anybody else get burned by junk yard or swap meet ignition pieces?
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