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Subject:Re: '87 VANAGON -Poor start/worse idle- the cure! (wordy)
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:57:36 -0500
At 20:38 11/5/2000, George Wietor wrote:
>Wiggling wires did not help. Pulled the Genuine newish
>Car Quest distrib cap-and  Eureka! such filth under
>there. Fine dust everywhere. Carbon? Bits of the brass
>terminals?

I would expect carbon from the contact button -- maybe rotor is rough and
tearing it up?  Should be no contact between the brass terminals and the
rotor...

d
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"