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>From: "Jonathan Hirschman (Pathfinder)" <jonathan@pathfinder.com>
>I pop the rear lid, and the car suddenly starts to idle like a champ.
>Close it, it spits and misfires. Open it, ok...and the then the problem
>goes away. I kill the ignition, restart it with the lid open...no problem.
>Press down on the distributor cap...no problem. Close the lid...no
>problem.
>
>Weird? I noticed that the previous owner had a crater in the lid where the
>dizzy is.
The car originally came with some very nice right angle connectors for the
HT leads out the top ot the dist. These are usually lost when someone
replaces the leads with some kind of replacement set. Now the leads press
against the lid and short out unless they are in very good shape. Try to
find some of the originals or a replacement set with right angle ends. This
will also prevent the crater (sorry, too late in your case.)
BTW, I don't believe the originals are available for love nor money any
more. I have a number of them, however, and would be willing to sell they.
They are used, but not cheap. They can be reused forever, just replace the
WIRE (which is cheap.)
Jim
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