Distributor Cap

Posted by John Payne On 2010/7/12 1:36:25

G'day Mates, has anyone had a problem with the NAPA RR158 distributor cap for a '56 Patrician. After getting my (Delco) distributor reworked recently I was going to fit a brand new cap that I had as a spare. When fitted while the distributor was still out of the car the rotor wouldn't complete a full rotation without solidly hitting a cap terminal. Checking inside the cap didn't show anything obvious that was out of whack so I have to assume that it's a manufacturing fault. I paid for two new caps as spares when I bought the car and one was, and still is, fitted to the car without any problems. I'm now wary of the NAPA product and am wondering if there is another brand in the US suitable for this car and readily available. I doubt I'll find anything over here unless another make/model car uses the same cap. Cheers, John