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I picked up the Grand Dame today. He charged me for 3 hours of labor, which I considered reasonable. Electrical problems are hard to fix, especially when the 35 year old wires are broken in mustiple places.
It was raining and when I started the car and it ran rough. I attributed it to sitting for a month and not liking the humidity. 14.1 miles later, I pulled into my garage, cussing up a blue streak. She soulded like it was only running on 4 cylinders and the idle speed was at 500rpm, a little less when in gear and stopped. It cruised nicely at 50, but 0--50 was about 60 seconds.
So I let the engine cool and pulled the plugs. #1 was dirty(black), #2 was clean, #3 was dirty, #4-6 were clean. That didn't make sense. I checked the 3 wire connector to the distributer and those were OK, besides, had this been the problem, I would have guessed #5 would not have worked either.
The cap to the distributer wasn't on correctly! When I turned it about 1/4 inch, it clicked into place. Even without taking the cap off (tomorrow) I know that things are going to be messy inside. I started the car again and she runs better, but I bet the contacts inside the cap are going to be all messed up. On Monday I will get a new cap and rotor.
Dang mechanics! I don't get paid to mess up my car when I do something stupid. These guys are supposed to know what they are doing. Especially when I have to pay for it.
Grumble, grumble, gripe, gripe,
Klaus
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(V♂LV♂s 1975 164, 1995 854T, 1998 V70R)
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