Re: [DML] 3 things appeared

["DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx>]

Toby,

Thanks for sharing your loose plug wire experience, and although this could
be the cause of Erik's problem, I believe he has indicated that his problem
is water related.

BTW: It is not necessary to remove the intake manifold to remove or replace
the distributor ignition wires.

DMC Joe
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----- Original Message -----
From: "tmpintnl" <tobyp@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [DML] 3 things appeared


> Erik - I don't know how you are progressing with your problem, but I
> thought that I would share an experience that I had with Winged1. I
> had done a complete tune-up with all new parts (cap, rotor, wires,
> plugs, and replaced the air filter element with a K&N unit), and had
> about 500 trouble-free miles on the parts. Suddenly, I developed a
> miss at certain RPM's, and a rough idle. My gas mileage dropped off
> appreciably. Naturally, this all started to unravel in the middle of
> a long-distance rally with the PNDC. Power was way down, which is a
> bad thing for me. To make a long story a little shorter, one of the
> plug wires had somehow come unplugged from the cap, and was just
> sitting there, making an arcing contact occasionally. I plugged the
> wire in firmly, and all symptoms ceased. Of course, this required
> removal of the intake to get to the distributor to refit the wire, but
> I don't think that the intake had anything to do with the problem.
>
> Toby Peterson VIN 2248
> Winged1
>
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "erikgeerdink" <erikgeerdink@xxxx> wrote:
> > My plugs, wires, cap and rotor were replace 2 years ago. I've only
> > driven 1500 since then.