My 95 Corolla beater stalled yesterday (parents were driving it), stalled on the road and was towed to a local garage we trust.
It was diagnosed to be a bad distributor, but not which internal component. The mechanic said we can either pay $110 diag fee or $110 to install a new distributor (as a whole) for $300 part (Genuine Toyota New) or bring our own parts.
The price is good for the new distributor as aftermarket new is $250 or $200 reman. Just wondering why wouldn't mechanic replace only the broken part inside the distributor (i.e. the coil or control module / switch)? That would have been only $100 and the work is even less (screw driver, no need to do timing alignment).
It was diagnosed to be a bad distributor, but not which internal component. The mechanic said we can either pay $110 diag fee or $110 to install a new distributor (as a whole) for $300 part (Genuine Toyota New) or bring our own parts.
The price is good for the new distributor as aftermarket new is $250 or $200 reman. Just wondering why wouldn't mechanic replace only the broken part inside the distributor (i.e. the coil or control module / switch)? That would have been only $100 and the work is even less (screw driver, no need to do timing alignment).