At 04:19 PM 8/2/01 , mark holbrook wrote:
>Terry, I had the same on my GT6. For some reason my
>#5 was not sparking. After some anger I found that my
>dist. shaft was so worn that it wouldn't allow a close
>enough contact for teh rotor and cap to contact.
>Check how mucg side to side wear the distrib shaft
>has. I bet this is the problem! Tell me what
>happens.
A spark should be able to jump half an inch or so.
I can't imagine the rotor-cap clearance getting that large...
If the distributor had that much wear, the points would
stop working. I suspect that is what was really happening
in your case.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
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