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Jul 19, 2008 12:05 pm
Jul 19, 2008 12:05 pm
Subject: Re: Intermittent firing with my engine
Hi All I will take on board what everybody has said and go over the ignition side again.
Mark-Jim: She is a 190/1. I changed the old diss cap after discovering the cable screws holding the ignition cables into the top of the diss cap had melted welding the cable to the very TOP of the hole. When checking these seemed tight & secure but were in fact well away from the brass contacts, inconsequence the spark had to jump a great distance. I thought I’d discovered the problem after changing the cap for a NEW-OLD stock cap and she ran well for three days but as I said above Sunday back to five cylinders. My next move is to change the capacitor/points check the wiring to the coil maybe change the coil also. I’m very reluctant to put one of those new Holden diss cap’s on as I’ve had such bad reports as to their reliability but if need must so be it. > The saga continues
Peter
Hi All I will take on board what everybody has said and go over the ignition side again.
Mark-Jim: She is a 190/1. I changed the old diss cap after discovering the cable screws holding the ignition cables into the top of the diss cap had melted welding the cable to the very TOP of the hole. When checking these seemed tight & secure but were in fact well away from the brass contacts, inconsequence the spark had to jump a great distance. I thought I’d discovered the problem after changing the cap for a NEW-OLD stock cap and she ran well for three days but as I said above Sunday back to five cylinders. My next move is to change the capacitor/points check the wiring to the coil maybe change the coil also. I’m very reluctant to put one of those new Holden diss cap’s on as I’ve had such bad reports as to their reliability but if need must so be it. > The saga continues
Peter