Distributor cap

[arnie1234]

New to this site. I can not find a good distributor cap and rotor with brass contacts for my recently purchased 1979 280zx. I have spent a lot of time searching.Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Zed Head]

1 hour ago, arnie1234 said:

I have spent a lot of time searching.

Where?

[Zed Head]

They have them at OReilly auto.

[siteunseen]

I don't think you'll find a cap with brass contacts, mine are all aluminum looking, but the rotor buttons are brass.  And they came from O'reillys or Advance like Zed Head says.  They won't have them on their shelves but can get them overnight.  Get some NGK plug wires and plugs when you can.   Tons of information to be found on here but get ready to read through it all. 

Welcome to the forum, let's see that ZX!  There's a great group of guys from Georgia on here.

[gwri8]

+1 on what siteunseen said and welcome to the group.  What part of GA?

[Zed Head]

I have a brass electrode cap on my engine.  It's BWD brand, made at the same place as Standard.  Turns out Standard makes two styles, a brass electrode model, and a T series aluminum.  The T series is the economy model.

Arnie probably found one and won't be back.

[arnie1234]

Thanks so much for the info.I will get a picture on here as soon as I can.Only had it a few months. New struts;fuel injectors;fuel pressure regulator;Taylor plug wires;ngk plugs;front calipers;shifter bushing; temp sending unit. Didn't get the part about "Arnie probably found one and won't be back.

[arnie1234]

Thanks alot Zed Head.Just went on the Advance site and found just what you said.Cap c586(supposed to be brass contacts) .Rotor d592p( Doesn't look like a thin piece of tin)

[Zed Head]

Groovy.  Looks like Amazon sells those too.

When I'm trying to find a picture of a part I usually get on Rockauto.  Lots of pictures, instructions, and part numbers.  You can either buy there or take the part number elsewhere.

[arnie1234]

Thanks again.

[Stanley]

Courtesy Nissan sold me a Hitachi "made in Japan" dist. cap for 240Z last year, maybe they have Japan cap for 280zx, if it makes a difference.

[SteveJ]

Arnie, what part of Georgia are you in?