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re: rebuilding carbs, distributor

To: whs70@dancer.cc.bellcore.com (sohl, william h)
Subject: re: rebuilding carbs, distributor
From: ralph@swmerc.rain.com (Ralph Merwin)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 92 10:49:38 PDT
> 
> How much faith do you have in this mechanic?  He claims the distributor
> was seized, yet the car still was able to run on 4 of the 6 cylinders.
> Something sounds mighty fishy.  I can't think of anything in the distributor
> that could be appropriately described as being "seized" that would still
> allow the distributor to properly function for 4 of the cylinders.

Maybe the advance is stuck.  I agree that if the actual rotor drive was
seized, the engine would have a bit of trouble running, but if just the
advance was stuck, then the engine would run, although not very well at
speeds other than idle.

Ralph


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