Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:19:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: unexplained power loss - help!
Comments: To: John Lauterbach <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET>
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John Lauterbach wrote:
> Has anyone checked the connector at the end of the sparkplug wire for
> corrosion where it goes over #3 plug?  A badly corroded connector will give
> the 3-cylinder effect.  I have had it happen within 6 months after
> installing new plug and new plugwires (from list vendor, not FLAPS).

Funny you should mention this.  My '85 started running badly a while
back.  I had replaced the sparkplug wires about a year before with "Good
as OEM" types from a list vendor.  I found that the connector, which
goes over #4 plug, was badly corroded ... AND ... the wire for #2 was
corroded internally where it connects to the connector at the
distributor.  I put my old wires back on those two (keeping the other
old wires as spares) and all has been well since.

Mike