New Holland or online parts for 8N?

Hi folks, Im wondering if anyone has any experience to share the quality difference (if any) between getting official New Holland parts for my old 8N versus getting them from one of the several common online sources. Specifically at this time Im needing a replacement distributor (mine is obviously a combination of poorly fitting reproduction parts from down through the years, with some parts broken or worn out). A NH distributor costs roughly twice what one costs through one of the parts sites. If the NH part is superior and more like having an original part I dont mind paying more, but I dont want to pay more for a part that is exactly the same from a different source.

So does anyone know if Im actually getting better parts through the dealer or am I just paying more?

Thanks

You're likely going to get a lot of differing responses. First question would be: Front or side mount dizzy?

My experience in aftermarket distributors is only with front mount. On one of ours, the insulation tab around the coil contact screw was shorting and the bushings were worn. I was using the tractor to log some smaller red pine where its small size was perfect for the crowded bush and I wanted to get it going asap. I thought 'what the heck', and got a superbly cheap Amazon dizzy delivered in a couple of days. The bushings were dry and needed to be greased before being installation, and I lubed up the advance mechanism a little, but since then it's been (very surprisingly) working flawlessly. I fully expect the condenser to go soon, as cheap condensers are a very common problem, but everything else is good. I still have the original distributor and my intent is still to rebuild it properly, but with the aftermarket one working fine it's at the bottom of my priority list.

Regarding other parts, however, it's a mixed bag. Whatever you do, don't be tempted to try one of the cheapo aftermarket carbs. They don't work worth a dang. As mentioned above: you always want a good quality condenser because cheap ones are very common problems. If you rebuild a dizzy and it's still acting up, don't assume the new condenser is necessarily good - lots of cheap ones fail almost immediately. I just happened to get lucky with mine.

Based off my experience, I'd get the aftermarket dizzy, but expect to lube it up before installing, and have a good quality set of points/condenser standing by.