It has been over a year since my last tune up.
I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up!

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:
>
> > My 87 vanagon idled rough and died this morning.
> > Tightened up distributor cap wires just in case
> > and the middle one came off in my hand.
> > It was all carbon-no wires connecting anything!
> > What would cause this?
> >
> > I have been having power issues for months.
> > Maybe it was the distributor cap all along.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Arlene Sondergaard
> > CVO Sediment Lab
> > 1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100
> > Vancouver, WA  98683
> > 360-993-8943
> > asonder@usgs.gov
> >
>

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Arlene Sondergaard
CVO Sediment Lab
1300 SE Cardinal Court, Suite 100
Vancouver, WA  98683
360-993-8943
asonder@usgs.gov