Buick V-6 odd fire HEI distributor

I need a cheap (Buick) V-6 odd fire HEI distributor. The one in the TR-7 (with a odd fire V-6 Buick) motor I bought is dead as a hammer. I just want a cheap one as I'm going to change the motor (even fire) but I'm getting tired of pushing this pig by hand around the yard. I pay by Paypal. Thanks

 

What year models have the odd-fire?

 

I think 66-77? The only difference I noticed between evenfire and odd fire was the arrangement of the plug wire terminals on the distributor cap (top) as well as the small square slot for the distributor cap to slip into (its in a different location on the distributor base) so it doesn't rotate after being secured with the "L" fastners.

 

Nothing here like that in the yards.

 

Thanks for looking. I'll wait a few days to see if someone has one cheap and if not just pull the motor and put my even fire one in it.

 

Someone must have one?

 

I have a '75 V6 Century Coupe out in the back 40. Will that work for you?

 

Do you know if it has a odd fire motor in it? Do you know how to recognize an odd fire distributor?

 

I don't really remember if it is an odd fire V6 or not. I though you might know by the model year. 1975...

Also, I can't remember the differences in a regular even fire V6 and an odd fire V6. Refresh my memory, or better yet send me an odd fire picture to use for comparison.

 

You got mail. I don't how to send a picture though.

 

The engine in the '75 is original.

 

First of all, the car is a '76, not a '75. I looked on the fan shroud cover to find out for sure. Is this the distributor???????

 

The clearest explanation I've found on how to identify the difference is at beforeblack.net/NAnotes.htm (pardon the non-URLization of that but my post count isn't yet high enough to post URLs):

ODD Vs EVEN FIRE - The first Buick V6 were the proverbial "V8's minus 2 cylinders". This produced uneven (odd) firing intervals. In mid-1977, Buick split the rod journals on the crank to produce even firing intervals. The easiest way to tell them apart is the distributor cap. An even-fire will have six towers, while an odd-fire will have eight towers with two blocked off. NOTE: An odd-fire engine will run, although very poorly, with an even fire cap.

 

Yea that looks like the one I've got that doesn't work. I'll send you a PM in a minute.

 

Monkey, You have a PM.

If everything is to your liking, I will pull it out of the car tomorrow (Friday).

 

Monkey,
The distributor is on its way. I sent you an email and am headed over to PM you.