Are you sure it is inoperative? Because, if it is inoperative, the engine would not run "fine". Poor initial engine response and acceleration and high exhaust temps are a couple of symptoms. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "TalksToGod" <5n-@xxxx> wrote: > Since my car is in pieces and I am going over everything-I find that > my vacuum advance on my distributor is inoperative. But the car ran > fine and even drove fine with this inoperative, so what are the > effects from having a bad vacuum advance? Thanks To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/