Distributor Cap Problem
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Distributor Cap Problem
Just got a new distributor and installed it. Cranked it up and ran fine but i heard a ticking noisr and couldn't figure out what it was turned car off and checked rotor cap pulled off the spark plugs and then noticed that 4 of the 8 buttons had come off and were stuck in the spark plug wires. this is a 50,000 volt distributor could it have melted the copper buttons or did i do something wrong?
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From: San Diego - Deep Within The State of CONFUSION!
Originally Posted by buckethead
Just got a new distributor and installed it. Cranked it up and ran fine but i heard a ticking noisr and couldn't figure out what it was turned car off and checked rotor cap pulled off the spark plugs and then noticed that 4 of the 8 buttons had come off and were stuck in the spark plug wires. this is a 50,000 volt distributor could it have melted the copper buttons or did i do something wrong?
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by buckethead
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
Originally Posted by buckethead
I will just curious as to what could have been the cause too much voltage or defective brass caps?
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