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• 1.6L NA IP distributor plunger/piston question by vfr750 on 05 May, 2010 07:23
• 1. Does the distributor plunger/piston on a 1.6L NA I.P. have to be replaced as a pair with the distributor head or can it be replaced seperately.
  
  2. Does anyone out there have a spare one that they are willing to part with ....preferrably in the GTA, but anywhere else will do.
  
  Thanks
• #1 by vanbcguy on 05 May, 2010 09:06
• They are DEFINITELY a matched set - you can't replace one without the other.
• #2 by vfr750 on 12 May, 2010 07:25
• OK then...next question
  
  Are the distributor heads/plunger interchangable between say a 1984 IP and a 92 IP, both being NA or would a turbo IP distributor be any different?
• #3 by Rabbit on Roids on 12 May, 2010 11:17
• my fuel pump is made from a 1.5 yellow dot casing, mostly turbo internals, a 1.6 n/a pump head, and some internal mods. a pump head is a pump head, the injection pump doesnt care.
• #4 by fatmobile on 12 May, 2010 22:29
• ... unless it's a 12mm pump,
   the plunger won't mwork with the cam plate,.. without machining.
• #5 by burn_your_money on 13 May, 2010 04:46
• It's not limited to 12mm pumps where the plunger won't fit in the cam plate.
  
  You won't run into that problem with 84/92 pumps though.