Thread: Vapor Lock condition?????
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Old 03-08-2004, 10:32 AM
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A few years ago I had a OEM Ford distributor that I removed the vacuum advance from and modified the centrifical advance mechanism. I had used this for some time and it worked and looked great. I had seen the MSD distributors and they used what appeared to be the same module but instead of riveting the magnet they used machine screws and mechanical lock nuts. This allowed for adjustment of the air gap between the reluctor and the magnet itself. I thought this was a good idea so I decided to do the same, however while reassembling it I unknowingly got the magnet in upside down and effectively reversed the polarity of the connecting wires. The engine would idle ok but at about 2800 it backfired and ran poorly. Not until I replaced it temporarily with a point type distributor did I realize that the distributor was at fault. DUMB DUMB DUMB.

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