Re: Miss in distributor

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 7:29 PM 12/14/02, Christopher wrote:
>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

That or sometimes a vibration crack in one of the wires internal to the dizzy.

Greg
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