Re: Miss in distributor

["Thomas Moll" <moltek@domain.elided>]

Yes a miss could be caused by a faulty condensor. Why? I'm not sure. The
condensor is in the ignition system to prevent sparking between the breaker
points and maybe excessive sparking prevents the circuit from being
interrupted cleanly when the breaker points open.

Thomas Moll
Seattle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher" <alfadoctor@domain.elided>
To: <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: Miss in distributor


> Anyone explain this to me?
> I have been chasing a "miss" in the engine of my Super. Replaced
everything I
> could think of, cap, rotor, wires, plugs, checked for air leaks etc.
Driving
> me nuts it was trying to chase this one down. The car would miss in the
mid
> range 3-4,000 rpm in any gear.
>
> I pulled the distributor and rebuilt it but not having any parts I put
back
> the original parts and condensor. The distributor worked fine..but the
miss
> was still there.
>
> So I found in storage a spare JF4 distributor using the single points and
> installed that. The miss is gone!
>
> Could it be a bad condensor that would cause this? If so how does that
happen?
>
> Christopher Boles
> Veloce Register
> http://www.veloceregister.net
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