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Re: [T3] response from Jim Adney re jerky acceleration


On 27 Sep 2005 at 20:54, Keith Park wrote:

> Ya know... I had this problem with my Opel.
> Turns out the distributor bearing was shot... and grounding for the shaft
> was poor.  I remember adding a ground wire to it a couple years before I
> sold it but it finally got bad enough to cause low end missing.

Grounded the shaft with a wire? That's quite a trick....   ;-)

Yes, the vac adv breaker plate needs to be grounded, and that's what that 
little braid is for.

> Different car yes... but it was a Bosch dist.

Yes, most Bosch dists are pretty similar in construction and weaknesses.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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