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Subject:Re: 88 GL Distributor Woes Continue - on and on --
From:george jannini
Date:Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:46:07 -0500

not exclusive to the bus, I meant to say...

On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 3:44 PM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:

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> I scored a couple of coils at http://www.pullapart.com/  It's no at bus
> only piece, so shouldn't be too tough to find.  Their price is.8 bucks.
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> Geo/ATL
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> On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 8:47 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Today, I tried one more time to start my van. The last step was to give
>> it a snort of starting ether - and it didn't even fire once.
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>> So - I waited until dark so I could readily see any arc-n-spark - with
>> the Hall sender plug disconnected - the ignition key on - I ground the
>> center pin connection on the connector - and checked the coil to
>> distributor wire against  a ground. No arc-n-spark.
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>> Conclusion: Bad distributor wire - Or - heaven forbid but most likely -
>> dead coil.
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>> No parts on hand tonight - so Monday I will be at my parts van early.
>>
>> John
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