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I figured it out, distributor cap was on 180 degrees out 200 1986

posted by  Strackerjack on  Mon Jun 14 17:54 CST 2004
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after pulling out the distributor, bending my trigger wheel (to try to get a look at the wires of my hall sender), bending it back and hoping it would work I figured out what my problem was ... the cap has a squared off ridge that fits into the slot in the rim of the distributor ... I had installed the cap so that ridge was trying to seal to a place (180 degrees out) where there was no slot for it to go in.

therefore I didn't have a proper seal, therefore intermittent loss of acceleration (one clue was it got worse during wet conditions).

I'd bet that you have the same condition Kevin and that yours is able to establish a better seal than mine even though it's not positioned correctly.

thanks all for the clues which led me to my conclusion!

jack
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'86 245, 266,000 mi., '87 760T 140,000 mi. - Columbus, Ohio






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