Hi Volks: Thanks to Terry K, Andrew Bell, Joe Romas, William "Developtrust", Richard Jones and the irreverent Joel Walker for their help. A great big thanks to local listee Jeff Palmer, who interrupted his "thesis-writing" to drive me to the store! If I missed somebody, I am sorry, and I hope you'll forgive me.... Here's the story/saga: I bought a new rotor and cap today ("Wells" brand - all they had) at Canadian Tire, and installed them. There was some moisture on the old rotor's body. Yup. Van fired right up with new rotor and cap, and I drove for about 5 minutes before the bucking started again - bucking and stalling like before. It's puddly and slushy out, fwiw. * I noticed when I had attached the plug wires to the distributor, how little grip the distributor cap had on the plug wires - they'll lift off with hardly any force at all. A sparrow could easily pluck them out., (Watch out for that belt and pulley, Mr Sparrow!... ..oh geeze!) So, I wonder if this is normal for plug wires - or if I should buy a new set - I don't know how old mine are, but they're at least 3 years old. * I also noticed that there was a convex dished plate that sat below the rotor, and above the distributor body - this plate seemed to not have anything to grip it - it looks like it should snap down - but it just sits there. Hmm. Because my parking stall is full of slush, it wasn't safe to jack up the van to put in my new fuel filter - but I guess a plugged filter could also be a cause of the problem. All suggestions (helpful, that is) are welcomed. Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "The Weekend PITA" |
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