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1997 Ford Falcon Ignition Distributor

Tiny
HENRY PAULE
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  • 1997 FORD FALCON
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
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  • 433,217 MILES
What would be a reasonable/acceptable MTBF for a new distributor?
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 AT 6:34 PM

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Tiny
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MTBF? That is just not clicking into place, sorry what do you mean?

Mark
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 AT 4:57 AM
Tiny
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My apologies - I should have expanded it into its full wording. MTBF means Mean Time Between Failure, which is a length of time to be expected for a specific component to operate before failure. Can be arrived at by product testing, theoretical calculation, etc.
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 AT 6:05 AM
Tiny
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Hi there,

OK, well there is no specific test or calculation to determine the life of any electrical component, there are to many variables, extremes of temp can play a part, but its really just luck of the draw so to speak, other things that can cause premature failure are over charging alternators, voltage spikes, bad earths.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 AT 7:34 AM
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Hi Mark,

Thank you for your response. You have answered my question.

Henry
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Monday, April 12th, 2010 AT 3:56 PM

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