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Subject:Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
From:mark drillock
Date:Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:23:02 -0800

Read the original posts. He already identified a specific cylinder with
a problem. The point of swapping wires is to see if the problem follows
the wires or not. This is a simple and harmless test.

Mark

David Brodbeck wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Eric Unrau wrote:
>
> > That's how I read it too.  Seems like a reasonable way to see if the
> > ignition wires are causing my troubles.
>
> Not really.  If you have a misfiring cylinder before the swap, you'll
> still have one after the swap.  Unless you can somehow tell if it's a
> different cylinder, the swap proves nothing.
>
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