> I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up!

Could be. Or as Steven suggested, maybe that centre wire wasn't
plugged in tight enough.

If I'm not misunderstanding, if there was a gap between the cap
contact and the wire, voltage could've arced between the two and
hastened the wear you saw. But that's just a wild guess on my part.

Neil.

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene <asonder@usgs.gov> wrote:

> 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:

>> 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....

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