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Re: Cylinder Number 3

To: "Anthony Woodruff" <tonymmedia@yahoo.com>, <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Cylinder Number 3
From: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:26:59 +0100
I have to say that having splashed out on new cap, rotor and wires I'm
surprised you haven't even checked the plug gaps, much less replaced them
too.

----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Woodruff <tonymmedia@yahoo.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: Cylinder Number 3


> I checked my points and timing, and it occurred to me to put the timing
light
> "clamp" on each of the other spark plug wires in turn - just to see
when/if
> they were firing.
>
> 1 and 2 are very strong.  Number 3 misses almost 1/2 of it's strobes, and
> number 4 misses only about 15% or so.  This is at an idle of around
1000-1200
> RPM (the lowest I can get it at).
>
> Where do I go from here?  I've replaced the distributor cap, rotor and
spark
> plug wires.  I have also checked the points gap and the timing - all are
> correct.
>
> Is my distributor faulty?  Perhaps incorrect gapping of the spark plugs?
Other
> ideas?

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