cold start and stall: did i get jipped?

[Edward J Lin <ejl9@cornell.edu>]

hey everyone.  i need some advice.  (who doesn't?)  a few weeks ago, i
posted a message about my roc having trouble cold starting and stalling
while driving.  because of time constraints i brought it to a vw mechanic
and asked him to diagnosis the problem and fix it.  after a new set of
spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, distributor and 500 bucks later, it's
fixed and runs great.

no complaint there.

but my question is:  does the distributor in the car go bad?  if so, what's
the average life on that part?  not the distributor cap, the actual part
that runs off of the cam (or crank) shaft and into the cap.  did i get
jipped?  thanks for any light you guys may shed on this.

~ed
1987 16v
ithaca, ny

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