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so my car was misfiring...

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Old 06-08-2005, 02:37 AM
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so my car was misfiring...

and i'd replaced the plugs, all the wires once and another two after that (burned 'em on the headers) and so i did the cap and rotor today...
the pictures explain the rest...
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Old 06-08-2005, 03:23 AM
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wow when was the thing last replaced?
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i've no clue! you don't think i need to replace the distributor, do you? i redid the cap and rotor and cleaned up most of that junk yesterday.

but on the way into work today i almost got hit on the side because i was pulling into traffic and she just started backfirin up a storm. it was terrible, and i basically crawled my way into work. when i got out, smoke was pourin out from the underside. my cat converter was smoking crazymad...
it seems like i mighta mixed up the cables puttin the new cap on or something, but i triple checked and there's that little detail of it runnin better than ever yesterday after replacing them...
what's goin on!?!
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the smoke from teh cat was it getting too hot from a dead cylinder which probably means a wire is loose, and the cat is toast
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