Distributor for 1.8L

chertel · Post by **chertel** » July 27th, 2005, 5:25 pm

I need a distributor and the mazda dealer in edmonton says it will cost $700. If I did the klze swap now would the engine I get come with a distributor?
thanx.

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » July 27th, 2005, 5:43 pm

Some of them do. However, depending on the year of the disty, you may need to rewire the harness. I'm not sure what the deal is in Canada, but in the US, it's only $160 for a remanufactured distributor with a lifetime warranty. Might want to look into that at local parts stores.

chertel · Post by **chertel** » July 27th, 2005, 5:47 pm

I did a search and found a discussion called distributor mod. I was wondering if I could do that as well? I'm going to keep searching.

johnnyb · Post by **johnnyb** » July 27th, 2005, 6:03 pm

do the mod. In the V6 FAQ section theres a writeup on how to do it. This is by far the cheapest solution you have to permanently fix the problem

rece · Post by **rece** » July 27th, 2005, 7:32 pm

i have a brand new distributor with recipt that i can sell for 400, the original recipt shows 440 so this is a good deal. pm me back if interested

bulaian · Post by **bulaian** » July 28th, 2005, 1:43 am

I had to get mine replaced in december. Mazda Dealer here quoted me $850 for parts and labour. I ended up buying a new one with labour included for $500

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » July 28th, 2005, 8:52 am

bulaian wrote:I had to get mine replaced in december. Mazda Dealer here quoted me $850 for parts and labour. I ended up buying a new one with labour included for $500

Labor? Can they break up the labor cost into seconds? If it took a skilled mechanic more than 10 minutes to install this distributor, he should have to take a short yellow bus to work everyday.

PATDIESEL · Post by **PATDIESEL** » July 28th, 2005, 9:22 am

They charge the labor by the hour and they have a book that sais how long the job should take. It the book sais one hour and it takes 5 minutes they still charge for one hour. However, normal mechanic rates are about 55 and hour so it sounds like they are charging 2 hours for the job. That is sutpid cause like Lakers said it shouldn't take ten minutes to und two bolts and replace the disty.

However, Lakers, where did you find a remanned disty for 160.00? That is super cheap...

lakersfan1 · Post by **lakersfan1** » July 28th, 2005, 9:31 am

PATDIESEL wrote:They charge the labor by the hour and they have a book that sais how long the job should take. It the book sais one hour and it takes 5 minutes they still charge for one hour. However, normal mechanic rates are about 55 and hour so it sounds like they are charging 2 hours for the job. That is sutpid cause like Lakers said it shouldn't take ten minutes to und two bolts and replace the disty.

However, Lakers, where did you find a remanned disty for 160.00? That is super cheap...

Autozone. A couple people had said they had a couple failures with thier remanned distys from them, but mine has been in two years, and still runs like a champ (knock on wood).

chertel · Post by **chertel** » July 28th, 2005, 11:26 am

I found a distributor for $400 new. The mazda dealer in edmonton charges $80 an hour and I had my car towed there so that sucks. I was reading the v6faq and was interested in the permanent dist. fix by
Gro Harlem. Instead of the hei ignition module I was thinking of getting an msd ignition control box. Anyway definately amazing work by Gro

chertel · Post by **chertel** » August 11th, 2005, 6:34 pm

I was just organizing repair and autobody bills from my mx-3 and noticed that the distributor invoice said that the distributor was an mx-6 model. Do mx-3's come stock with mx-6 distributors or are they just the same?

Rick Johnson · Post by **Rick Johnson** » August 11th, 2005, 10:12 pm

Yes they are the same, but you shoulda just went with the HEI & coil, far better then stock for about $100 ....

2fazed · Post by **2fazed** » August 12th, 2005, 1:07 am

If your still looking for one, I've got one I'll sell you for $80 shipped.