From: Wally Plumley [wplumley@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 5:16 PM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Re: DISTRIBUTOR CAPS/ROTORS

At 01:16 PM 4/7/01, jhormaechea wrote:

>A question for the list: Do distributor caps & rotors have to be
>replaced after certain specified time? I ask this because being quite
>inexpensive parts, if a rotor or a distributor cap wears out they will
>just leave you stranded. I would prefer not to wait for that. Replacing
>(or just checking) them looks quite stight fwd. can anyone tell me about
>pitfalls in this regard?


Total or catastrophic failure of cap or rotor is pretty rare. My suggestion 
is to change with plug wires, at 100k mile/10 year intervals. More often 
doesn't hurt.

Wally