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| Karlos28 | Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:45 pm Post #1 |
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Hi there, I recently replaced my dizzy, rotor arm, ht leads and spark plugs because I had a miss fire every now and again. It was the dizzy that was cracked in half. Anyway it now randomly runs on 3 cylinders and pops from the carbs. I was having a look arround the engine with it running whilst it was only on 3 cylinders and found it was the number 2 cylinder. I pushed the ht lead on to the dizzy to make sure, and got rather a large shock! I took the dizzy off and checked the contacts and found that there was black burn marks where the rotor has been arcing and there was abit of a hole blowing in one on the contacts, but not the number 2 one! It will run fine for 60/70% of the time, then have it's mood swing for awhile! Anyone got any ideas? |
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| Karlos28 | Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:52 pm Post #2 |
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Sorted now, number 2 cylinders ht lead wasn't connected to the plug that plugs onto the spark plug... If that makes sence. Back to eurocarparts those ht leads go! |
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| cosser | Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:14 pm Post #3 |
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Karlos, Mate...You never touch the leads while the engine is running ...it's very dangerous...!! Glad you're O.K...phew...!! Cosser..!! |
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| Karlos28 | Tue Jun 29, 2010 6:38 pm Post #4 |
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haha i kno! i stood on 1 leg and touched with the same side hand :-) its all good! no i did it by accident to be fair, wouldnt recomend it! cheers |
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