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Old 05-06-2020, 12:26 PM   #21
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Default Re: Help Me -before I go mad

I've had similar issues in the past with a crab-style distributor. One time there was electrical arcing through a bad reproduction cap. This was an easy fix, just replace the cap. Another time I didn't notice I had the spring/contact strip of one set of points touching the distributor backing plate, which caused it to short out, leading to all kinds of drivability problems.
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