As long as I'm here investigating my parking light problem, I might as well ask about this one, too.

My '94 Accord LX sedan has 129k on it. I got it when it had 29k. Twice (at 62k and 116k), I've had to have the distributor replaced because my car did exactly what goodfella's did. I was driving along with no issues when suddenly the tach dropped to zero and then popped back up. Within 50 miles, it did it again for a slightly longer stretch of time. Within 100 miles, it just dropped to zero and didn't come back up. The first time, the shop I took it to (a reputable but expensive place) replaced it with a remanufactured distributor. The second time I took it to them, they replaced it with a new one.

Is this a common problem? How much does it cost to replace, because both times my bill was over $500 and I feel like I got ripped. Did the *whole* distributor need to be replaced?

Thanks.

--Chris