Whole new set of wires plus a new distributor cap.
Runs fantastic now!
Edit: Yes, these are all the old parts, more or less arranged as they're installed. The disconnected wire is the one feeding spark to cylinder #3.
Every part you see here has today been replaced with new parts. Now it runs so much better!
3 Comments
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2d
Did you replace the dizzy rotor as well? That and plugs is the usual full tune up list.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
I tried to replace the rotor before, but those 2 tiny bolts are rusted and seem to be stuck in place so tight that I was scared that I might shear the heads off those bolts, so I just left the original rotor alone. I did bend the center conductor leaf spring part up a little bit while I was in there though.
The plugs had already been replaced by the previous but now deceased owner sometime within the last couple years, and he didn't drive it very often, so I just figured I'd play the plugs by ear after everything else, and I'm glad I did, because 2 of those plugs are buried right behind the steering column axle and practically impossible to access.
Thankfully it runs fantastic now!
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2d
Yah, I'm looking at that rotor design on Rockauto and it would suck to break those off, you'd be replacing the base. Too bad, most rotors just pry up off the spindle, no tools required.