On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:36:35 GMT, MrBlues <mrblues@comcast.net> wrote:
>A distributor go bad on a 95 civic? car ran fine then went to start it and
>wouldn't start, turned over and all but no fire. had it towed to a garage
>and they said its the distributor, the civic has like 88 k on it. just
>wondering if this is common or a preview of more things to come

Unless the shaft breaks in two, or the bearings jam in which case your timing
belt will slip and destroy half your valve train, there's not much that
can go wrong with a distributor.

The parts that go inside or on the distribrutor, on the other hand, can and
often fail: position sensor, ignitor, coil, rotor, cap.

Saying "it's the distributor" is like saying "it's the engine". Fine. Fix
the damn thing, don't replace the entire unit.