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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Just did a basic electrical tuneup and all idle issues are gone and dead cyl. came back to life. Not sure what was causing this but 7 posts on the dist. cap where fine and one was growing fur. I doubt it was getting much fire.

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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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That is some bizarre oxidation! Looks similar to what can happen to battery terminals. Wild...
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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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This is a VERY uneducated guess but I would bet that one contact is just a tad further away from the rotor than the others. If you look close the one to the left also has a whitish outline to the contact point.
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