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Re: [TR] shorting out

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Subject: Re: [TR] shorting out
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:44:24 -0700
>  maybe someone can help me out the dist keeps on shorting out ,when i turn
> on
> the key i get power to the coil then when i touch the terminal to the
> points
> it shorts out i cleaned the points where to now

Not sure what you mean here "John".  Are you sure the points are open?  If
so, you need to find where the short is.

By far the most common problem is incorrect assembly ... the wire goes
_under_ the plastic top-hat thingy.

Randall
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