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Subject:Re: Distributor rotor heat damage? (Solving intermittent engine stall)
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Sat, 21 Jan 2017 21:27:13 -0400

Switch to diesel and you’ll never again have this issue :-)

> On 21-Jan-2017, at 21:08, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> It's something I wouldn't have thought of but since I own WBX and Jetta
> powered buses, mix up could've happened.
> 
> 
> On Saturday, January 21, 2017, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> A cap mix up happened to me years ago on my '68.  It ran amazingly well for
>> a while, but soon had a high speed miss. The cap was too tall, causing the
>> spark to jump all over inside.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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> Neil n
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