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Re: points?



>  Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 11:31:34 -0500
>  From: "Crawford, Pat" <crawfordpat@domain.elided>
>  Subject: points?
>
>  To all,
>  I finally finished changing out my water pump and now
>  the car will not
>  start, only backfires so loud that it sounds like a
>  gunshot. I also changed
>  out the plugs, wires, cap , rotor, fuel filter, but did
>  not do anything with
>  the points. Will a maladjustment of the points cause
>  this problem? I was
>  talking to a guy at work and he advised to check out the
>  vacuum that is
>  attached to the spark advance. He was talking theory to
>  me and I am not sure
>  if this applies to my 80 spider, does it make sense to
>  ya'll? I anxiously
>  await your response, as I hope to get this puppy on the
>  road this week.
>  Thanks,
>  Pat Crawford
>  Dallas



Make sure the plug wires are routed to the correct plugs.
And are routed to the correct Rotor Cap location.

jeff clark
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