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EEEYOWCH! Shockingly stupid distributor question 140-160 1973

posted by  Steve M. on  Wed Feb 2 09:51 CST 2005
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I was doing my tuning and timing yesterday. I was repeatedly zapped as I adjusted the distributor. Does this mean:

A.) That my plug wires have had it?
B.) That I am an idiot for touching the distributor while the engine is running?

I have a related question about setting the points gap. I marked the distributor position, loosened it, and rotated so that the rubber bumper on the points was at the apex of the distributor cam lobe. Then, I set the gap and returned the distributor to the original position. Is there a smarter way to do this?

(I might know these things had I not been raised by professors.)

Steve M.

Raleigh, NC

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