Originally posted by: weirdichi
Yeah.. I forsee $200 outta my pockets also. Hopefully my friend at Acura can give me a discount.
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Yeah.. I forsee $200 outta my pockets also. Hopefully my friend at Acura can give me a discount.
heh. I forsee that part is about $300 at the dealer, and that's the discounted oem price
My distributor should be here wednesday.
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Yeah.. I forsee $200 outta my pockets also. Hopefully my friend at Acura can give me a discount.
heh. I forsee that part is about $300 at the dealer, and that's the discounted oem price
My distributor should be here wednesday.
Nutbucket's price up there was only $217, and ebay was around $200, although I'm not too trusting of eBay. We'll see if my fried pulls through.
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Yeah.. I forsee $200 outta my pockets also. Hopefully my friend at Acura can give me a discount.
heh. I forsee that part is about $300 at the dealer, and that's the discounted oem price
My distributor should be here wednesday.
Nutbucket's price up there was only $217, and ebay was around $200, although I'm not too trusting of eBay. We'll see if my fried pulls through.
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Hmmm.. $300 sounds about right for the Acura part. 3rd part would be around $200. Or junkyard part for $150? Hahaha. He's in Seattle also, so shipping might just nullify the deal, but it'd still be authentic Acura. We'll have to wait till tomorrow and see. Thanks for all the inputs.
If I could locate what it actually is inside the distributor, then I can maybe just replace that. Is it as difficult to open up a distributor and peek around in there, seeing as how it might be farked anyway?
Originally posted by: weirdichi
**UPDATE** 03-22-04
The shaft inside the distributor is rubbing against the casing to make the squealing noise. I cleaned it out as much as I could with compressed air, but still squeaking. So the question now is, do I lubricate it with oil manually? I went to two different commercial sources for car parts and one said NO, other said YES. Anybody with experience know enough to help me? Thanks in advance.
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: weirdichi
**UPDATE** 03-22-04
The shaft inside the distributor is rubbing against the casing to make the squealing noise. I cleaned it out as much as I could with compressed air, but still squeaking. So the question now is, do I lubricate it with oil manually? I went to two different commercial sources for car parts and one said NO, other said YES. Anybody with experience know enough to help me? Thanks in advance.
That bearing is shot. You need a new bearing. Barring that, buy a new one!! Its suppose to be a sealed bearing. Lubricating it might quiet it for a few days, that's about it.
Originally posted by: weirdichi
Originally posted by: NutBucket
Originally posted by: weirdichi
**UPDATE** 03-22-04
The shaft inside the distributor is rubbing against the casing to make the squealing noise. I cleaned it out as much as I could with compressed air, but still squeaking. So the question now is, do I lubricate it with oil manually? I went to two different commercial sources for car parts and one said NO, other said YES. Anybody with experience know enough to help me? Thanks in advance.
That bearing is shot. You need a new bearing. Barring that, buy a new one!! Its suppose to be a sealed bearing. Lubricating it might quiet it for a few days, that's about it.
Thanks NutBucket. My friend at Acura can get me a genuine Acura distributor for around $200. I now deem you my official Auto B|tch now. Maybe you'll be upgraded to my PC Tech B|tch if you're good. *cookie for you*
Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
Two respected mechanics that do post here, might recommend rebooting the cars computer since you did change out a major component. (I'm not one of the two )
Disconnect the negative battery connection, wait 1/2 hour, reconnect and drive normally for 1/4 hour.
This should reprogram the computer.
Try it, then come back at us.
Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
Two respected mechanics that do post here, might recommend rebooting the cars computer since you did change out a major component. (I'm not one of the two )
Disconnect the negative battery connection, wait 1/2 hour, reconnect and drive normally for 1/4 hour.
This should reprogram the computer.
Try it, then come back at us.