[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The day RodKnock can pull his distributor by the side of the road, replace any part in it, and then get the car to run is the day I hop a flight to CA and dance buck-naked on the hood of his car with a rose clenched between my teeth.

Well, first, I would never allow anyone to dance on my hood, buck-naked or not. Second, Patrick is right. The probability of me, being able to replace my distributor and the Digital 6 on the side of the road is so infinitesimally small, that you may see pigs fly first. A man has to know he own limitations.

Rick, I'm not obsessing over the mileage of an aluminum block, but seeing if I can prove or refute the theory brought up by someone over on the SAAC Forum.

Thank you for your thoughtful response on the distributor gear. It seems to me that there are so many other variables besides the mere fact that a block is aluminum where the mileage may never reach this 8,000-10,000 figure before an engine needs some sort of "open surgery."