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[MikeDanger]

I have my 80 931 at a shop trying to get it started.
The mechanic said it wasnt getting spark.
Well it was getting spark last time i checked it(like 6 months ago).
He said that the ignitor was getting juice and the coil, and that he thought there might be somehting wrong with the Distributor, specifically the Hall sensor.
So i told him id get the distributor of my 81 931, but Im not sure if they are inter changable.
The mechanic mentioned some thing about a plug in on the side of the dizzy, but the one from my 81 doesnt have anything on it.
will it work?

Thanks
Mike

[Smoothie]

They have different distributors. 931s from 1981 up use a crank sensor (impulse sender) that takes timing signals from the flywheel. Earlier models get timing the old fashioned way, from the distributor. There won't be a hall sensor on the 1981 distributor. Also won't be a vacuum unit on the 1981s' as there is on the 1980s'.