I just bought a 92 Festiva from some 18 year old geniuses, got a question.

[notyettoday]

Alright so heres the deal, bought this car after being told the ignition switch was bad. It has air and a 5 speed so that's what I was looking for. Anyways, get it home and start poking around, and noticed the distributor pickup was missing. Since that part seems to be unobtanium, is there ever a good reason to remove it? Now I'm looking for a distributor because these idiots lost it. I'm an ASE master, and have replaced pickups before, but only on cars they were AVAILABLE for.

[ryanprins13]

Your still in nashville?
Missing just that part or the whole distributor?
That part goes bad but like you found out you have to replace the whole distributor.
Hopefully a member near you or a junkyard you can pick one up at.
Does it need the ignition switch or is that fine?

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[Green Bean]

Also an aspire with a 1.3 is the same .

[notyettoday]

Yeah I'm still in nashville, haven't managed to find one in the local boneyard. I'd say a whole distributor at this point, there are bits and pieces everywhere, i doubt i could get the optical reluctor in the right position/orientation. I found a 91 protege that could possibly have the right one at a pick and pull, but it's across town and a crap shoot. I'm going to get a battery today and see what happens when i turn the key, I pulled the column shroud apart and there seemed to not be any burned wires, so I'll report back with what I find.

[Green Bean]

Also check car-parts.com might find something close to ya

[rickbz28]

Also an aspire with a 1.3 is the same .

Aspire distributors are totally different than a Festiva. Aspire has the coil built into the distributor.