Thread: Help Please
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07-01-2013 08:50 PM #1
Help Please
I have picked up a misfire on the back right piston of my engine , I have replaced the plugs, spark plug cables, points and had the timing checked, but it is still there do I need to replace the the distributor cap and rotor arm, any suggestions would be most welcome
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07-01-2013 09:57 PM #2
If it's one cylinder only, I would start with a compression check.Jack
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07-02-2013 08:07 AM #3
ok thank you for that
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07-02-2013 08:58 AM #4
Since you mentioned points it's an older distributor, and likely an older coil, too. You might get lucky and find a carbon track or even a crack that has become a carbon track between that one pin in the distributor and the center, or to ground? Pull the cap and check inside with a bright light. While you're looking, check the condition of the eight electrodes around the inside, and the brass conductor on the end of the rotor. Jack's probably on target with the compression check, but I'd look at the distributor cap just in case....Roger
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07-02-2013 10:51 AM #5
Back right cylinder???? how are your plug wires routed and have you put headers on the car??????????
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07-02-2013 11:09 AM #6
He says he's replaced the plug wires in the original post.
To the OP, Have you looked inside the distributor cap for arcing / shorting on that particular connection?
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07-02-2013 02:03 PM #7
Could be a cam lobe going flat. Remove the valve cover and observe all rockers for moving the same distance up and down.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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07-02-2013 02:24 PM #8
by misfire do you mean it hits now and then or not at all ?iv`e used up all my sick days at work .. can i call in dead ?
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