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From: ahs@burl.UUCP (Spinks Albert H. )
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Distributor Plate
Message-ID: <884@burl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 11:52:23 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 29 11:52:23 1985
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> For all you lovers of technical articles, here's one now.  I have a
> 1974 Mustang II which I have owned since 6/80.  It has almost 169K
> miles on it.  I'm trying to keep it alive for another year.  When
> I got the high-altitude tune up, the mechanic (which I used to work
> with in California, so he is trustworthy) said that my distributor
> plate is worn.  I didn't have the bucks to just replace it outright
> at the time, so I just took it home.  Yesterday morning, I had to go
> out.  The auto-choke was only partially working, instead of 2000-2500rpm
> I was getting only 1500, which was irregular.  As I pulled out, I found
> it was missing badly, I was running on only 3 or 4 cylinders at best,
> possibly 2 at times.  I was thinking of turning back, but figured perhaps
> it would improve as it warmed up.  Sure enough, it did, no missing, and
> power restored.  It's done the same thing two mornings in a row.
> 
> I had a simular missing problem (very minor) about 1 1/2 weeks ago,
> when warm, and under accleration.  Also, I am wondering if my warm
> air valve on th fresh air tube is on the blink.
> 
> Could this problem be the distributor plate, could it be tempature
> sensitive (it's been in the mid-30's overnight)?  Or is it the
> warm air valve?  If it's the valve, how do I check it?  Or is it
> something else entirely?  Any assistance is *greatly* appreciated.
> 
> {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao}
>        		        !hao!kitten
> 
> CSNET: kitten@NCAR  ARPA: kitten%ncar@CSNET-RELAY
> 
> (God, please don't make it something expensive!)

*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***
If you haven't changed your sparkplug wires lately, consider the
posssbility of their being bad.  Some of the symptoms you described,
I have experienced in the past because of old worn ignition wiring.
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				     Albert H. Spinks - 71BU072120


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