Mikey is ahead of me here, but I'm looking at the Petronics Ignitor model 1864 LA. It's not that my car doesn't run, but perhaps this is a worthwile thing - and I could always keep the old points in the boot. My distributor (0 231 116 051) appears to have some wear because the dwell changes from 40º at idle to 34º at 3000 RPM. The promise is that the Ignitor module is less sensitive to wear.
Please, Guys, tell me your story! I also have a 0 231 185 009 distributor. It has an aluminum body and the vacuum retard is not adjustable and it is the replacement for the 051. It seems to me that Bosch has gone cheap with the 009
1969 280SL,Signal Red,007537, tired engineer, West-Seattle, WA
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