Used Fuel Distributor

[Mike5442]

Hello,
I'm hoping I could find a reasonably priced fuel distributor on the forum here. I'm trying to re-awaken 10268 after the previous owner parked it for too long with fuel in it, but I'm trying to avoid the hefty price tag for a rebuilt one. So if anyone has an old used one that isn't gunked up I'd love to hear about it! (Or if anyone has any hints or tips on the best way to clean out mine I love to hear that too (I've been soaking it in sea-foam to try an loosen things up but it doesn't seem like it is doing much).

Thank you!!

[Denverdelorean]

Hello,
I'm hoping I could find a reasonably priced fuel distributor on the forum here. I'm trying to re-awaken 10268 after the previous owner parked it for too long with fuel in it, but I'm trying to avoid the hefty price tag for a rebuilt one. So if anyone has an old used one that isn't gunked up I'd love to hear about it! (Or if anyone has any hints or tips on the best way to clean out mine I love to hear that too (I've been soaking it in sea-foam to try an loosen things up but it doesn't seem like it is doing much).

Thank you!!

i got mine to loosen up with acetone and carb cleaner. parked 16 years and it runs like a champ

[Andrew]

I got one clean by leaving it in a metal coffee can filled with mineral spirits for a week. I never tested it on the car because I was able to find a complete Peugeot 604 intake manifold and carb setup, but the pin moved freely. I don't think there was much if any gas in it to start with.

From other posts I've seen it seems like mineral spirits is the stuff to use. It will loosen up the sludge but it isn't so harsh that it causes damage.

I also have a gunked up one with a stuck pin that I have not yet tried to free up.

Andrew
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[Mike5442]

I've been apprehensive about using solvent like acetone or mineral spirits because I read both ways; they could eat at rubber or not..... are there any rubber components or seals inside the unit that I would have to worry about deteriorating if I were to soak it in one of those solvents? I opted to soak in sea-foam because I felt it would be safer.

thanks

-mike

[DMCMW Dave]

I've been apprehensive about using solvent like acetone or mineral spirits because I read both ways; they could eat at rubber or not..... are there any rubber components or seals inside the unit that I would have to worry about deteriorating if I were to soak it in one of those solvents? I opted to soak in sea-foam because I felt it would be safer.

thanks

-mike

YES there are rubber parts inside, and soaking it in aggressive solvents like acetone for any length of time will destroy it.

[Michael]

Hello,
I'm hoping I could find a reasonably priced fuel distributor on the forum here. I'm trying to re-awaken 10268 after the previous owner parked it for too long with fuel in it, but I'm trying to avoid the hefty price tag for a rebuilt one. So if anyone has an old used one that isn't gunked up I'd love to hear about it! (Or if anyone has any hints or tips on the best way to clean out mine I love to hear that too (I've been soaking it in sea-foam to try an loosen things up but it doesn't seem like it is doing much).

Thank you!!

Contact Bill (content2772 or something like that) on dmctoday.com. He just made a post wanting 50.00 for a barely used fuel distributor

[Mike5442]

Contact Bill (content2772 or something like that) on dmctoday.com. He just made a post wanting 50.00 for a barely used fuel distributor

I couldn't find it, did you happen to have a link? thanks

[Mike5442]

YES there are rubber parts inside, and soaking it in aggressive solvents like acetone for any length of time will destroy it.


What are your thoughts on mineral spirits; the same thing? thanks

[Denverdelorean]

I've been apprehensive about using solvent like acetone or mineral spirits because I read both ways; they could eat at rubber or not..... are there any rubber components or seals inside the unit that I would have to worry about deteriorating if I were to soak it in one of those solvents? I opted to soak in sea-foam because I felt it would be safer.

thanks

-mike
dont let it soak, and just use enough to fill the area around the pin when the distributor is upside down. I worked it in there are got the pin moving inside of 40 minutes. Then i flushed it with carb cleaner and gas. The seals should be able to withstand short exposure to acetone or lacquer thinner.

[Michael]

I couldn't find it, did you happen to have a link? thanks
http://dmctoday.com/showthread.php?498-They-run-a-tight-ship-over-on-that-other-forum&p=19303#post19303

about halfway down.

[Mike5442]

http://dmctoday.com/showthread.php?498-They-run-a-tight-ship-over-on-that-other-forum&p=19303#post19303

about halfway down.

I found that, but it looks like someone wanted to trade him $50 worth in parts for that distributor and he didn't think that was fair. I messaged him but he never got back to me unfortunately.

[ALEXAKOS]

Nice fresh gasoline baths may do the trick. Of you can have it n a sealed container to shake it around a bit with every gas bath change may increase the chances of freeing it from foreign particles or aged gas residue

[Ron]

I found that, but it looks like someone wanted to trade him $50 worth in parts for that distributor and he didn't think that was fair. I messaged him but he never got back to me unfortunately.No, but I'm not going to get into that drama here (most of it is in that ridiculous thread).

BUT, if that is the same FD that came with the rest of the system, as he has said, know that the WUR and Injectors looked ok but were full of trash, and that the "virtually brand new fuel distributor" had fuel in it years ago...

In all fairness, it may somehow be OK..but install it and make sure you are 100% satisfied with the way it works before you give up a penny!!!


(And before the trolls start their BS, this is the "/Want to Buy" section, Not the "For Sale" section ;-)