Would suggest replacing the rotor too. In fact since the centre wire
was so bad, a complete tune up may be in order. (wires, plugs etc.)

Neil.

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com> wrote:

> How long has it been since the distributor cap has been changed?   I would
> attribute it to an old cap that needed changing.  After a time there is
> corrosion
> build up which causes resistance which causes the carbon build up.  Also,
> maybe
> that last person that reconnected it didn't do a very good job which
> allowed more
> carbon build up and hence a resistive connection and bad running because of
> a crappy spark to each cylinder....
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:10 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene <asonder@usgs.gov>wrote:

>> It was all carbon-no wires connecting anything!
>> What would cause this?

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