Thread: How To: Fix your leaking B13 distributor

I'd take three if you get them in, so that's pretty much half spoken for already.

I'll take 2 also if you decide to get more!

Just an update guys:

I took both of my spare distributors apart last night so that they would be ready for the new oil seals that I was hoping to buy tomorrow.

I noticed the dimensions on both stock seals (12.45 22 6) were strikingly similar to the ones found on the seals that unijabnx2000 ordered (12 22 6.5).

I figured, while i'm hard at work (haha), I would check online for a seal with the stock dimensions, as I have had absolutely ZERO luck trying to find the Timken 12X22X6.5 seals anywhere. I typed "oil seal 12.45 22 6" into google and, low and behold as the first result, "Oil Seal, Ignition Distributor for Honda 12.45 X 22 X 6 Clock-wise" shows up.

After a quick browse of that page, what do I find? Why, this:

Oil Seal, Hitachi Ignition Distributor for Nissan (Regular) Counter Clock-wise Ref# B2131-01M00

Problem solved, I hope. Going to put in my order for a couple right now.

i"ll let you guys know when I get them!

branden
aka hawaiiaNX

Edit: Not sure if it will make a difference, but I ordered the High Temp ones. Hopefully that will make them last a little longer.

good shit!! keep us updated

Not sure yet, but I received an email about an hour after I placed my order saying it had shipped out. Will let you know when it comes in, they say 2-3 day shipping, but it would seem they ship out very quickly.

Updates to come!

branden
aka hawaiiaNX

EXACTLY what we've been looking for! ORDER THIS GUYS!!!

Branden
aka hawaiiaNX

P.S. It's been four days since I installed the new seal. Happy to report that i have no oil leaks so far!

Hawaii, good work. Timken was a pain for me to get as well, so I jus ended up googling it and I ordered mine from:

Colonial Seal Company :: A Style :: A 12x22x6.5 NBR - OIL SEAL

I also got new bearings as well: Brand: NACHI. P/N 6200-2NSE. Size: 10x30x9

The oem parts if you guys didn't break it while taking it off is: ARS Oil seal and NTN bearings.

Although I've never heard of anyone needing to replace a bearing in their distributors in the sr20, I've experienced a faulty dizzy bearing in my b series honda engine back in the day. The symptoms; loud screech, coming from the area and if bad enuf like mine, it will kill ur motor since it would make ur camshaft stop spinning. U could damage valves or even ur whole engine if ur going fast enuf. Luckily for me, my car died while I was idling and I had to tow it back home. I didn't know what it was so I kept driving it....hehe. I ended up replacing the whole dizzy back then. I remember when I took out the dizzy, that thing froze and the shaft would not spin. So now, I figured while I have everything apart, ill jus replace it.
Some tips.
1. I used the screw for ur fuel injector cap to pound out the shaft. The thread is the same and I had a few extra screws laying around. I jus threaded the screw in and hammered the screw instead of the shaft
2. To unscrew everything, I left the screw in for the rotor so I can put a socket on it to hold the shaft and unscrew other components off
3. I believe the thicker seal would work as long as the ID is close wit the shaft as the seal is sealing the shaft pretty much. Wit the tighter 12mm fit, I actually damaged one so u have to be careful that its on the shaft before u proceed to hammer the bearing on. Also, as I rebuild more of these, I find the newer oe on the G20 has a spacer between the seal and the bearing. however, I've never used a thicker one myself. Since the seal sits so close to the shaft, it makes sense that as time progresses, the spinning shaft wears out the seal. So makes me think we need to replace these more often.

The mazda,suzuki and some honda seals works in the VE distributor also .... 13x22x6

Does anyone know if these will also work in a GA16 dizzy?

Thanks...Jody