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RE: Oh give me a break.



Absolutely. That's the first thing the dyno guy checked. He said it was 
too wide. I had it in a vise, carefully, and turned it around checking 
every spot before I installed it. Maybe it comes loose?
                               Rich K
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Dodger7998@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
> sounds like the distributor to me,,,,,,,,have you checked the gap on the 
>  
> reluctor/stator
>  
>  
> In a message dated 5/28/2008 7:29:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> 
> 
> Rich Kinsley wrote: Nothing yet  :-)
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> Sorry  about the almost post. My fingers are too fat. 
> 
> Anyway I want to update  you on my recent debacle's. I switched the 
> ignition module to the Echlin  module and I managed to drive it for 
> about 
> 30 miles BUT it still missed  badly over 3500rpm. Then all of a sudden 
> it 
> started dying on me and I  barely made it home. This time the ammeter 
> was 
> about pegged and when I  tried to start the engine it sounded like a low 
> 
> battery. It is a very  recent and good Interstate battery which shows 
> 12.9v with my meter. Anyway  it did start and then cranked fine but the 
> ammeter is showing charging  heavily. There was no device running other 
> than the engine, period. The  car would slightly back fire when 
> decelerating and just spit and sputter  when accelerating. Full throttle 
> 
> or sudden throttle changes were  impossile.
> 
> I'm wondering if the voltage regulator or alternator could  be a 
> culprit? 
> If the voltage to the module is eradic I suppose that might  affect the 
> spark signal? The air/fuel ratio sensor on the dyno said we  were right 
> in the ball park at that point in time. I gotta think that  would not 
> change since we did nothing to affect that since then. I did put  the 
> old 
> module back on and it behaves just the same as the new one.  Rats!
> 
> Ideas accepted here:
> 
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr  318poly w/goodies
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