HELP!! I literally cooked my distributor, rotor, cap, and wires.
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HELP!! I literally cooked my distributor, rotor, cap, and wires.
I just parked my car on a hill in San Francisco... I'm walking away and then I see some smoke coming from under the hood. I opened the hood and the distributor cap and wires are on fire. I put the fire out, not easy, and take inventory of the damage. I cooked the cap, rotor, and plug wires. I replaced them and it runs like ****. Not all cylinders are firing. I'm thinking I need to replace the distributor. Any help, advice, would be appreciated.
BTW. It was running just fine, as usual. Parked it and then a fire. I make sure that the firing order was correct 1-5-3-6-2-4, when installing the new wires on the cap.
And my hood needs to be painted. What a Friday.
BTW. It was running just fine, as usual. Parked it and then a fire. I make sure that the firing order was correct 1-5-3-6-2-4, when installing the new wires on the cap.
And my hood needs to be painted. What a Friday.
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Hi everybody,
It started at the distributor, da dizzy. It's an 1983 N/A. I've changed the rotor, cap, wires, plugs. While it does start, which is always good, it's bogging down, backfiring, and sounds like it's not firing on all cylinders. The plugs I took out smelled like gas. I'm thinking fire at the dizzy might mean I need a new one.
It started at the distributor, da dizzy. It's an 1983 N/A. I've changed the rotor, cap, wires, plugs. While it does start, which is always good, it's bogging down, backfiring, and sounds like it's not firing on all cylinders. The plugs I took out smelled like gas. I'm thinking fire at the dizzy might mean I need a new one.
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Evan Faris
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04-02-2013 07:19 PM
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