Replacing rotor
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Racer
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From: Rockfield, Ky
Replacing rotor
I've been having a slight miss with my 91 L98. I checked the fuel pressure and it is good, I've replaced the damaged spark plug wires and the spark plugs which were the wrong ones installed by a mechanic. I pulled the cap on the distributor and took pictures of the cap and the rotor. The cap looked fine but I wanted a second opinion on the rotor. What do you think?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: Cherokee National Forest TN
Hard to see with that straight in camera shot but it looks to me like you have arc tracks on the cap contacts.
With new plugs & wires suggest a new cap & rotor = done deal for many miles.
With new plugs & wires suggest a new cap & rotor = done deal for many miles.
Le Mans Master
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From: WV
The caps with the brass contacts are way better then the ones with aluminum contacts..It's hard to tell from the picture if your cap is burned or not , but they're not that expensive to replace both the cap and rotor..WW
Last edited by WW7; Nov 29, 2016 at 06:21 AM.
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Racer
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From: Rockfield, Ky
Just FYI. I took the cap down to the autoparts store that I use and the owner looked at the cap. The electrodes on the cap were broken! No wonder there was a miss. Got the new rotor installed waiting on the cap to show up. It has brass contacts. Thanks for the help, guys.
