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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 03:05 PM
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Distributor cap

A freind of mine was working in my car today, who himself is a mechanic. He had gotten a electrical shock from touching the distributor cap. Is there a problem, is it grounding out ?
Old Jan 4, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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It means the cap is bad. Replace it.
Old Jan 4, 2006 | 04:37 PM
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Thanks, I just called the parts store, they had told me that the are notorious for corosion on the inside, Geez it's always something with these Z cars, but after 7 of them I still LUV em !!!!
Old Jan 4, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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most aftermarket caps are crap. buy it new from Nissan.
Old Jan 4, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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....... should do new rotor and wirez too..... if they're old.
Old Jan 11, 2006 | 02:45 PM
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of course, always do a complete job, that way you dont leave anything to forget about.
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