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Jul 17, 2011 | 02:32 PM

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slayerman54

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From: south of heaven

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Originally Posted by jigs-n-fixtures

IIRC: The Accel caps for their distributors have two options: They are either hei or not; and, screw on or clip on.

If you have electronic igintion with vacume advance 90% probability it is a 5200 series. Pretty much any cap for the 5200 series is interchangable. If it fits one V8 it fits all of them.

I finally just layed on top of the engine with surgical foreceps and a razorblade and peeled the sticker off the distributor to find the number that was in between the unit and intake manifold. What a pain. Anyway, it is part number 71202E. I looked it up and found that it is a 7100 series Billetproof distributor. Well at least I found out what it is but I have not been able to find anyone that carries this exact unit. There are caps that look similar but are still not going to work due to some difference.

Jul 18, 2011 | 12:00 AM

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jigs-n-fixtures

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Now I'm confused

Accel lists only one repalecement cap and rotor for the 71 series.

The cap is a 120403, the rotor is 130402, the combined kit is 8342.

Oct 30, 2011 | 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by jigs-n-fixtures

Accel lists only one repalecement cap and rotor for the 71 series.

The cap is a 120403, the rotor is 130402, the combined kit is 8342.

Like I stated before this is an older style distributor so it was very hard to find the right part. Anyway the box for the Billetproof 7100 series Accel distributor cap and rotor said part# A8347 on it. I put it on my 7100 dist. and it fit just fine and the truck runs perfect so I don't know what to tell you about the part #'s you found? Thanks for your input anyway.