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Re: 76 saab99 gle fuel distributor Posted by Gary Stottler [Email] ![]() ![]() In Reply to: 76 saab99 gle fuel distributor, matt jurijew, Mon, 9 Nov 2009 18:12:42 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Matt,
You definitely need a non-lambda fuel distributor. I have never seen a rebuild kit, so I am not sure exactly what you mean by the "rebuilt piston kit". There are two usual failure modes. If the metering rod (maybe you are calling this the "piston"?) is stuck, you can try to get it loose by tapping the distributor with a wood block or a piece of plastic pipe. If you can get the metering rod/piston out (don't grab it with pliers!)you can usually polish it with 600 grit or finer and use WD40 as a solvent to get the gum off of it and eventually get it freed up in the bore. That is the easy one. The other failure mode is that the steel diaphragm gets holes in it (rust due to moisture in fuel) and then one of the injectors sprays all the time when the pump is on. I don't know of any fix for this (would require new diaphragm and then a test bench to set up all the pressures and flows). Unfortunately, good non-lambda distributors are fairly rare. You might try Sports Car Service in Delaware (Bill Jacobson) or East of Sweden in (dry) Colorado as possible sources of used ones.
Good Luck!
Gary
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