"hutchtoo" <hutchtoo@gmail.com> wrote
> > The distributor (and its subcomponents: rotor set screw; ignitor; coil;
> > bearing) are the Achilles Heel of circa early 1990s Hondas.
>
> So when you buy a new distributor, do you get the whole shebang? i.e. does
a
> distributor housing include the new coil and ignitor too?

Not necessarily, so you're right to ask. You especially now want to ask what
Autozone is offering you for $180 (if you have not already). Just the
housing (that's my bet)? Or the housing with a new coil? Or the housing with
a new ignitor and coil? I suspect

See my previous post for mention of a dealer on Ebay that sells the whole
shebang and is something on which I, for one, under your conditions, would
gamble. (But all your options are gambles!)

> For example, see the price difference (source: San Leandro Honda)
>
> 30100-P08-006 DISTRIBUTOR ASSY. (TD-42U) (TEC) $459.49

I am pretty sure the above is the whole shebang: Housing, coil, ignitor,
etc.

> 30105-P08-006 HOUSING, DISTRIBUTOR $274.16

The housing by itself will not have the coil nor ignitor.