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Posted by Michael Daly on February 09, 2004 at 20:48:05 from (65.249.0.228):
My venerable work horse has been difficult to start at various times since purchase four years ago. Have rebuilt then replaced the carburator, performed a tune-up about 3 yrs ago, and most recently replaced the battery. Still no go. Checked the spark plug wires and they seemed OK and worked my way to the distributor cap. The rotor looks OK but one of the contacts in the dist. cap is almost 80% gone, but the other three contacts look OK. What does this mean (besides the need to replace the dist. cap)? Is one of the plugs arcing inside and drawing current? Is it a hidden flaw in one of the spark plug wires? Does the rotor have to be replaced if it looks OK? Is it the fault of my bad karma? When I was able to start it about three months ago the engine did not run rough. Thanks
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