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Old 01-06-2020, 01:22 PM   #1
ACS734XC
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Default Stink Bug Ignition Problems

New to the forum and have been struggling with intermittent backfiring and poor running on a 1930 project car I have been working on.


After spending a few days fiddling with the carburetor float level, gapping the points and plugs... I decided to disassemble the distributor and replace the condenser.


Found a dead stink bug inside the distributor. Must have caused arcing between the timing advance copper plate and the ground.


Took out the dead stink bug, and the car runs great!
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