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Old 06-29-2007, 10:01 AM
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149$ ebay opti review/teardown with pics
So i ve received my opti from ebay.Remember that those are sold has "oem ac delco" one without the stickers and with an upgraded cap.

Fisrt oval they are very well packed:


Front view:


Back view:


Side view:


Without the cap:


Underneath the cap:


All disasembled:


Without the guts:


The only flaw that i could found was that lillte film of oil or lubricant on the timing disc(you can see it in the last pics)

There is a number stamp on inside the casing its:10478000
The cap has brass contact instead of standard metal contact.
Everyhing was assembled thight,no slack in the bearing.

From my point of view it seem great but i ll insall it in 30 mins a i will came back to tell if my car start or just crank
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Looks good, i hope it performs well...
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My car start on first turn of the key so it should be good
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At that price, if it works well I may buy one just to keep in the garage until I need to swap one again.
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I ve bought two for the same reason
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Originally Posted by always faster
There is a number stamp on inside the casing its:10478000
Which matches the number stamped on the inside of a spare OEM AC-Delco optispark I have.
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Originally Posted by thesoundandthefury
Which matches the number stamped on the inside of a spare OEM AC-Delco optispark I have.

Man this is a great news.So those are genuine delco opti
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It looks good, let us know how it performs.
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Good find and just in time. The bearings in my opti are starting to make some noise.
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Thats good news. If I could have afforded it I would have bought 2, but one spare is good for me and if mine takes a crap I'll replace it with the spare and if that one takes a crap I'll be getting delteq or something similar.

Thanks for the pics
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Looks good.. Let us know how it performs on the road. .I've got a friend needed an opti..
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Great news...and great post!
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Old 06-30-2007, 10:44 AM
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Whats the name of the ebay seller? or even better got a link?
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I think the guy is sold out of em. I knew I should have bought one about a week ago.
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Originally Posted by 69gto96z
I think the guy is sold out of em. I knew I should have bought one about a week ago.
Hopefully he will have another batch up for grabs soon, I will get one this time around as well.
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