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Date:   Wed, 5 Jun 2013 10:40:46 -0700
Reply-To:   neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:   neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:   Re: Distributor cap
Comments:   To: "Sondergaard, Arlene" <asonder@usgs.gov>
In-Reply-To:   <CALgyD+BvY0SU2SaHoBfxBeBPZiQAHtY3cy=VCiDwdXW8CC84UA@mail.gmail.com>
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> I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up!

Could be. Or as Steven suggested, maybe that centre wire wasn't plugged in tight enough.

If I'm not misunderstanding, if there was a gap between the cap contact and the wire, voltage could've arced between the two and hastened the wear you saw. But that's just a wild guess on my part.

Neil.

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Sondergaard, Arlene <asonder@usgs.gov> wrote:

> It has been over a year since my last tune up. > I guess a new distributor cap and wires are NOT included in a tune up! > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:

>> Also, >> maybe >> that last person that reconnected it didn't do a very good job which >> allowed more >> carbon build up and hence a resistive connection and bad running because of >> a crappy spark to each cylinder....

-- Neil n

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