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Tiny
FAIRMONTWATERLOO
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  • 1981 MERCURY
  • V8
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 60,000 MILES
MY DISTRIBUTOR HAS A BUILD UP ON THE CONTACTS AND VARNISH ON THE ROTOR TIP. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH AND THE BUILD UP ON THE CAP CONTACTS STARTED AGAIN. IT NOW RUNS ON 7 CYL. BUT I HAVE SPARK AT THE CAP ON ALL. WHEN IT IS WAM IT WILL NOT START
Monday, July 13th, 2009 AT 7:52 AM

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Tiny
HMAC300
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You probaby have a cracked distributor cap. It is leaking between twocylinders. If you look carefuly inside the cap and see a very fine line going between the two poles that is your problem. In the dealers we used to put dielectric compound on the rotor tip as well as the contact tips in the cap. It will always have the build up that you see though.
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