Oh, I'm not backpedaling on the distributer. I agree, something ain't right there. I had very little confidence in the parts store rebuild from the time I put it in. I kick myself for getting rid of the old one. But you weren't doing them yet at that time. I though you were saying just change the resistor like Mr Tikey... Although I don't have high confidence in it being the right ohms, I know it conducts, and I don't think it is part of the starting issue. Don't know how important the exact value of that resistance is.