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Subject:Re: Number 3 cylinder not firing
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sat, 30 Oct 1999 15:27:21 +0200

Ron Hill wrote:

> I have
> replaced the points, plugs and plug wires and set the timing and point gap
> with a dwell tach and timing light with no improvement.

Did you replace the distributor cover and rotor? The cover can have a crack in
it, and not giving any juice to the #3 cylinder. I've seen it several times, in
any type of cover (original and FLAPS) and any type of car (German, US,
Japanese).

PerL
87 Syncro 112i