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Re: More help please. But I'm getting closer (long)

To: mark holbrook <rolling_rock_12@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: More help please. But I'm getting closer (long)
From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:01:59 -0400
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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