Searching for My Dad's 1979 Chevy Suburban

[74Blaze]

Summit can be a great place to get parts from, especially if you get over the $100 mark for free shipping.

They also have great tech support.

 

[TheHoundsman]

Looks like I need to do some reading! I remember when this thread was first started and you were looking for the truck, and I haven’t happened upon it since.

You Tube can be a great resource. There is bad advice out there, so if something seems wonky, maybe cross reference with a trusted source.

Summit can be a great place to get parts from, especially if you get over the $100 mark for free shipping.

My normal process throughout this adventure has been ask what to do here and then go try and lean how to do it on YouTube. So far i think it has been working. Hopefully I don’t regret saying that out loud.

 

[TheHoundsman]

They also have great tech support.

I agree with that. Both Summit and ORD have been great when I need to get them on the phone for a question. The return process has been super helpful as well if I have accidently purchaed the wrong part.

 

[edgephoto]

Make sure to clean the distributor where the module mounts and put the heat sink paste on the module. If you don't you will have a failure.

While you have it apart look at the pickup coil wiring. If there is oil inside your distributor the wires for the pickup will be oil soaked and the connector may be disintegrated too. If you find oil in your distributor you really should pull it and replace the seal.

Are you putting a new cap and rotor on while in there?

 

[TheHoundsman]

Make sure to clean the distributor where the module mounts and put the heat sink paste on the module. If you don't you will have a failure.

While you have it apart look at the pickup coil wiring. If there is oil inside your distributor the wires for the pickup will be oil soaked and the connector may be disintegrated too. If you find oil in your distributor you really should pull it and replace the seal.

Are you putting a new cap and rotor on while in there?

I will be completley honest with you I am goign to have to look up even something as simple sounding as “clean the distributor”. I am more than happy to give it a go I just simply don’t yet know how to. As for new cap and rotor i did not plan to but simply because I didn’t know that I should consider that. The few videos I watched about replacing the distributor talked about cylinder number 1 needing to be at “top dead center” and frankly that is greek to me and makes me very nervous. If I replace the (Cap and Rotor), do I need to be able to do that? Willing to learn, but I will need to figure that out.

I just watched something on it. It seems pretty straightforward as well. Kind of liek a couple more,“bolt on steps”. Does that sound right. If so I guess it would make sense to do that as well?